KingKongDuck t1_jabzjns wrote
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What's your solution then? What's your better idea? How do you address the issue that UK left the EU but has a border with the EU in Ireland/Northern Ireland?
eggandbaconpie t1_jac1m12 wrote
That issue was addressed in the agreement Boris Johnson signed.
KingKongDuck t1_jac2abn wrote
Obviously not or there wouldn't have been this revised deal.
eggandbaconpie t1_jac8obd wrote
So why did he sign it? Incompetance?
thator t1_jacmw27 wrote
With Boris that is a real possibility, most likely is greed though, he probably got something out of it through one of his companies.
Ferrus90 t1_jabzxpc wrote
They could always stop occupying the north.
SmileHappyFriend t1_jac4jut wrote
I love this response on every story to do with NI. Where do you think the people are going to go who are currently "occupying" NI?
Ferrus90 t1_jacxa2j wrote
Oh the people can stay, I'm talking about the British government.
SmileHappyFriend t1_jacymxh wrote
But the people want to be part of the UK, they dont want to join the Republic (yet). Do you want things to start going boom again?
Ferrus90 t1_jad7tfj wrote
To be fair now, the Irish didn't exactly want to be invaded in the first place.
SmileHappyFriend t1_jad96fs wrote
Well we are where we are. Forcing people to join a country they dont want to be a part of usually doesnt go well.
Ferrus90 t1_jadh6z1 wrote
Aye, they tend to form paramilitary groups.
TheProgrammingDog t1_jackdmc wrote
Maybe the Irish could leave the south, too? You know what, maybe everyone should just leave and put some penguins there or something.
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