OT: Have the DUP duped Theresa?

[navypie]

This is not an answer, Smiffy, and you know it. Ulster Proddies do things like gender, religion and marriage quite differently from the rest of us. They actually have more in common with the Catholic South!

So they should bend to our will because we know best ?

[ArabianNotts]

Don’t know when you were last here but I can tell you we aren’t the “catholic south” any longer and certainly don’t have anything in common with Arlene and her gang. Same *** marriage was introduced here 2 years ago after a landslide victory in a referendum and we have much more progressive gender recognition laws than the UK. The last taboo, abortion, is being dealt with at the moment.

[BigFatPie]

Literally the only thing that explains what’s going on is that the government is deliberately handling Brexit so incompetently that they hope even the most entrenched Brexiteers will decide all that “WILL OF THE PEOPLE” stuff is after all, bollox.

If that’s not the case, probably even if it is, we are in some serious, deep shyte.

[BigFatPie]

But Brexit won’t happen anyway so who cares.

[JoePass]

But Brexit won’t happen anyway so who cares.

They say remoaners talk to themselves

[jacobncfc]

If only people could have known Northern Ireland might be an issue before the vote.

Nah, project fear that was.

[jacobncfc]

How do other countries that have a border with the EU do it?? Why should Ireland be any different?

Ireland is a completely unique case.

Some non-EU countries that border the EU are in the single market or Schengen (Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein etc.) and thus accept freedom of movement, so there are effectively no border checks on people, with the majority of customs stuff being done electronically. We can't do this because we refuse to accept freedom of movement.

Others that aren't (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Balkans) aren't part of this, so they have normal 'hard' borders. The problem with this in Ireland is that the two countries are far too linked for it to be acceptable for the people that live there. People live and work on opposite sides of the border (I think it even goes through a house at one point), which makes a 'hard' border unworkable.

Obviously this should all have been explained and thought about before the referendum, but here we are. If we've learned one thing it's hopefully that we leave politicians to do their job properly and decide on stuff like this for us.

[JoePass]

Nah, project fear that was.

What did 52% of Brits order for Christmas dinner.....No Brussels

[Mapperleypie]

What did 52% of Brits order for Christmas dinner.....No Brussels

Is this point 1 of David Davis’ impact assessments?

[JoePass]

Is this point 1 of David Davis’ impact assessments?

It is, please keep up.