Why can't we just have a 'standard' border in Northern Ireland re: Brexit

[Pickman's model]

BUILD THAT WALL! All 310 miles of it.

i wish i could get a farm, then, which straddles the border. do you know of anyone with such a property?

 

[RedStag]

Either brexit won't happen or there will be a unified Ireland. I can't see how a middle ground can be worked out.

Unless there is an indefinate delay while unicorn technology is developed.

the solution is to have a border between NI and ROI , though this can be similar to Norway/Sweden or Switzerland/France etc..

 

[RedStag]

i wish i could get a farm, then, which straddles the border. do you know of anyone with such a property?

that's no problem either, will just have to register farm on one side of the border though

 

[krtek a houby]

right I get it, so you're just another terrorist appeaser then - let me guess, a Corbynista?

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The rights of Irish people to be spared a return to the troubles is hardly terrorism.

 

[Pickman's model]

that's no problem either, will just have to register farm on one side of the border though

these are ALREADY EXISTING properties. are you really suggesting people who have properties which straddle the border, where such properties have existed since before the division of ireland, that they will have to change everything to suit your petty purposes?

 

[krtek a houby]

the solution is to have a border between NI and ROI , though this can be similar to Norway/Sweden or Switzerland/France etc..

A united Ireland is the solution.

I didn't always see it that way but urban does lead to the occasional epiphany or two.

 

[RedStag]

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The rights of Irish people to be spared a return to the troubles is hardly terrorism.

it's appeasement of terrorism, rather like saying we should not arrest gangbangers so as to avoid antagonising them

 

[RedStag]

these are ALREADY EXISTING properties. are you really suggesting people who have properties which straddle the border, where such properties have existed since before the division of ireland, that they will have to change everything to suit your petty purposes?

Constitution matters of state are not petty.

as for the farms, I'm sure a special arrangement could be made for those in this kind of situation

 

[Pickman's model]

Constitution matters of state are not petty.

as for the farms, I'm sure a special arrangement could be made for those in this kind of situation

there's an easy solution, which is to revert to the irish border as it was on 11 july 1921

 

[isvicthere?]

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[krtek a houby]

it's appeasement of terrorism, rather like saying we should not arrest gangbangers so as to avoid antagonising them

I prefer your earlier work.

 

[Yossarian]

A wall along the entire border sounds about as likely as Ireland applying to rejoin the United Kingdom after seeing how amazingly Brexit is working out.

 

[LiamO]

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Ern.

 

[Wilf]

right I get it, so you're just another terrorist appeaser then - let me guess, a Corbynista?

Dear 'New Member', yes, that's right, we are all terrorist appeasers on here, we want everybody to kill everybody else. At the weekends I personally appease Isis and should have a couple of hours next week to do some retro-appeasing. I'll probably start with the Tupamaros movement.

 

[isvicthere?]

Dear 'New Member', yes, that's right, we are all terrorist appeasers on here, we want everybody to kill everybody else. At the weekends I personally appease Isis and should have a couple of hours next week to do some retro-appeasing. I'll probably start with the Tupamaros movement.

I think Pol Pot was underrated. You've given me the idea for some weekend Khmer Rouge appeasement.

 

[JHE]

the solution is to have a border between NI and ROI , though this can be similar to Norway/Sweden or Switzerland/France etc..

Is that really an option? Norway is part of the European Economic Area. Switzerland is not, but it has agreements with the EU that really make it part of the single market. The rights to move, live and work in other European countries apply to Norway and Switzerland, as they do to EU countries. Any option there could have been along these lines has been rejected by the British govt as not being proper Brexit.

Brexit is an utter mess. The question of the Irish border is part of the mess and a very tricky part for the British govt - a gift to the EU27 negotiators.

 

[Pickman's model]

I think Pol Pot was underrated. You've given me the idea for some weekend Khmer Rouge appeasement.

We'll paint the town khmer rouge

 

[Wilf]

I think Pol Pot was underrated. You've given me the idea for some weekend Khmer Rouge appeasement.

I think we need a few rules of thumb when it comes to launching a full retrospective:

Dress Sense
Beards
Bonkers Ideas
How Much Thatcher Hated Them
How Many Times Corbyn/Livingstone Met Them in the House of Commons Tearoom

 

[likesfish]

Thatcher thought about a Berlin Wall for the Irish border after she was persuaded this was stupid she started the Anglo Irish agreement.

 

[isvicthere?]

We'll paint the town khmer rouge

What Khmer could anyone want?

 

[Wilf]

By the way, I've just had the Symbionese Liberation Army on the phone. Is anybody free to appease them for a couple of hours this afternoon?

 

[danny la rouge]

By the way, I've just had the Symbionese Liberation Army on the phone. Is anybody free to appease them for a couple of hours this afternoon?

Just repeating “yes, you can have that” over and over?

Sure. I can do that.

 

[isvicthere?]

By the way, I've just had the Symbionese Liberation Army on the phone. Is anybody free to appease them for a couple of hours this afternoon?

No! They were cool to start off with, but they sold out when they signed up rich girl Patty Hearst.

 

[Wilf]

Just repeating “yes, you can have that” over and over?

Sure. I can do that.

Top Appeasing!

 

[Pickman's model]

Just repeating “yes, you can have that” over and over?

Sure. I can do that.

put a decent drum beat on it and a riff and - bob's your uncle - it's a sure-fire number one.

 

[andysays]

We could try a herbaceous border? Pretty sure all options are on the table at the moment.

It's a nice idea, but I foresee endless arguments as to the colours of the flowers, with each side vetoing the other's plant selection...

 

[Pickman's model]

It's a nice idea, but I foresee endless arguments as to the colours of the flowers, with each side vetoing the other's plant selection...

not a problem. green and white on the 26 county side, and orange on the 6 county bit.

so it'd be a 310 mile strip like this

 

[Wilf]

Modern Day Demands:

"We want £100,00 in used notes $1billion in bitcoins and a plane to Cuba the Ecuadorian Embassy"

 

[Pickman's model]

Modern Day Demands:

"We want £100,00 in used notes $1billion in bitcoins and a plane to Cuba the Ecuadorian Embassy"

no one wants to go to the ecuadorian embassy now tales of assange's poor hygiene have got out.

they've had to have the exterminators in thrice this week alone.

 

[RedStag]

there's an easy solution, which is to revert to the irish border as it was on 11 july 1921

so I get it, your issue isn't really about Brexit at all, just using the EU debate as a smokescreen for a united Ireland.

why not just come out and say so