If the backstop is omitted from the Withdrawal Agreement the Irish border will simply become a British bargaining chip in the future trade relationships - "give us what we want or else". Don't forget that the the majority of the British electorate (and the Brexiters en masse) care not one jot about Ireland, north or south, unionist or nationalist.
This is the one and only chance to get a border guarantee.
Mainland = European mainland.
Britain is an island, just as Ireland is an island. Neither one is a mainland. Talking about "the mainland" in the context of Britain and Ireland is ridiculous.
Britain is an island. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain so unless you are talking about somewhere like the Isle of Wight Britain is not a mainland. In a conversation about two islands off the coast of Europe the only mainland is the European mainland.What on earth is " ridiculous" about it?
The DUP want to weaken the link with the EU, they want to preserve the link with the UK mainland.
The term " British mainland" is used frequently within many contexts.
I think it will be politically impossible for any Irish government to erect any kind of infrastructure in the event of a no-deal.
The EU are not going to allow Ireland to be a backdoor into the Single Market and Customs Union.
I think it will be politically impossible for any Irish government to erect any kind of infrastructure in the event of a no-deal.
Free Travel Area.
My money is on BoJo going for a GE and dumping the DUP shortly after (presuming he has his majority). It is risky but there is no other way he can square the circle. A No Deal despite his bluster will not get through parliament and the Courts will prevent him bypassing parliament. I am sure he would be quite happy with a border down the Irish Sea and I wouldn't think he wants the DUP tail wagging his English bulldog.
The Scots might be a different issue though!
but where will that leave non-Irish citizens who travel regularly north of the border either for work or personal reasons? Insurance, citizens rights etc,
Britain is an island. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain so unless you are talking about somewhere like the Isle of Wight Britain is not a mainland. In a conversation about two islands off the coast of Europe the only mainland is the European mainland.
For Irish people. Not for non-Irish, of which there are some 500,000+ resident in Ireland according to the census. Estimate 40,000-50,000 living in border counties.
It will be impossible to police, but where will that leave non-Irish citizens who travel regularly north of the border either for work or personal reasons? Insurance, citizens rights etc,
non nationals in ireland that need to cross the border as part of their job, presumably they will be high skilled technicians who else does it realistically apply to.
Imagine if Sinn Fein turned up at Westminster to take their seats.
I would imagine only a few hundred or less would be affected. Not exclusively high skilled however. Bus drivers, lorry drivers for instance.
Its not so much about waves of immigrants. My point is relating to one incidence involving, say a Polish lorry driver, delivering goods from RoI to NI and is involved in an accident and is injured. Will such a person have any rights in UK, are they insured?
Im sure an easy workaround can be found where it is a necessity for a worker to travel from one jurisdiction into another. Isnt that what the SM, CU and freedom of movement solve?
But the Brexiteers are adamant that free movement will end, with their Home Secretary stating only skilled English speakers welcome.
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