No, Ireland would be in a worse, a far worse position.
What does Ireland want? they don't want a border on the island of Ireland because that's the Good Friday Agreement that ended violence in Ireland.
Whenever they negotiated in the past with the UK, they got the worse of it as the smaller, dependent party.
For the Irish it makes sense to negotiate as part of the club with 26 other members rather than be bullied by a much larger UK
So then what you run the risk of is the tyranny of the MINORITY. Ironically if the whole of the EU will do what is in the best interest of
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Despite the economic effects on the rest of the EU then doesn’t that in essence make the majority slave to the minority? Rather than just giving the minority fair and equal representation what ends of happening is the “minority rights” reign supreme and the “minority” becomes tyrannical economically speaking of course. Not talking about WAR and bloodshed The minority rights seize and drain the economic wealth of the majority simply by playing the victim card so much that they never grow out of being the victim.
I can’t help but think about the USA divorce from British rule in the 1700’s. 200 years later the USA is doing ok without paying taxes to the King and has good shared economic and security cooperation. Yes?