Re: EU to Enforce Hard Border or KICK DUBLIN OUT of Single Market!
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The EU has nothing to do with the GFA or the CTA.
Okay, I'll try and go slowly on this one.
At one time we had hard manned borders between Northern Ireland (mostly protestant) and Eire (mostly catholic). We also had a lot of trouble between the two communities and still some of that persists today. The UK and Eire helped to build the GFA. There has been relative peace ever since. An important part of the GFA was that the borders between Eire and Northern Ireland should be open and unmanned. At this point not a lot to do with the EU.
In 2016 the UK marginally voted to leave the EU which would have Eire in the EU and Northern Ireland outside the EU. So the border between Eire and Northern Ireland will now also be the border between EU and non EU and that has a lot to do with the EU!
Of the leave voters I have spoken to not many considered the impact on the Eire/Northern Ireland border and yet it will be the only UK border with the EU. The leavers have no coherent plan for this issue. If UK is to be truly outside the EU i.e. outside the FTA and the customs union and we want control of our borders (e.g. to stop the millions of immigrants from Turkey etc getting in) then we need a manned border to "protect the UK"
For certain wealthy Leavers to now say "We will leave it open. Its up to the EU if they want a border" shows just how desperate for a USA deal they are. They couldn't give a toss about smugglers, the UK, Eire or the GFA.
This issue is entirely caused by the UK voting for Brexit after a clever campaign by wealthy press owners and selfish lying politicians so don't blame the EU.