There can only not be a border if North and South Ireland are in the same customs union

Because otherwise there'd need to be customs.

So no deal automatically implies a "hard border", as does any deal (like TMPM's) which is not a "customs union" deal (cf. Norway+).

Posted By: Old Man on March 22nd 2019 at 18:06:00

Message Thread

so no deal would mean (General Chat) - grays, Mar 22, 14:26:02
- There can only not be a border if North and South Ireland are in the same customs union (General Chat) - Old Man, Mar 22, 18:06:00
- There will have to be a deal at some stage, and the backstop conditions will be part of it (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Mar 22, 14:47:57
  - there has to be a deal if it is revoked? (General Chat) - grays, Mar 22, 15:02:18
    - Well no, if it was revoked it would be status quo. I was talking about "no deal". As Domin (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Mar 22, 15:14:40
      - i'm just trying to figure out what will happen next week (General Chat) - grays, Mar 22, 15:23:57
        
        Best bet I have seen is (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 22, 15:51:50
        
        She wont lose it. All the Turdies will get together (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 22, 15:48:38
    - hare goo (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 22, 15:10:09
      - and will the EU put up a border? (General Chat) - grays, Mar 22, 15:16:05
        
        to comply with EU law, Ireland would have to (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 22, 15:26:57
  - a virtual border will work for those that abide by the law (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 22, 15:01:40
    - An Irish guy who has lived near the border for decades and remembers the Troubles said (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Mar 22, 16:15:00
    - Yes, I agree (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Mar 22, 15:08:12
- Yes - that’s the irony (General Chat) - biffbro, Mar 22, 14:46:24
- Revoke & Re-Think (General Chat) - Moritz Moutarde, Mar 22, 14:38:19

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.