[hanamizu]

Why do they actually need a deal to exit?

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If I’m following this right, and I may not be, the problem is the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. No one apparently wants to return to a hard border, but with Ireland remaining in the E.U. and N.I. leaving it what do they do? Goods and people are supposed to move freely within the E.U. but after the U.K. leaves there will have to be border controls on both. No problem for Great Britain, it’s an island.

But say a Frenchman or a French-made product goes to Ireland, no passport or customs required, then goes into Northern Ireland and from there goes to Britain. Somewhere, there will have to be passport/customs to deal with. Where? The UK/Ireland border or the NI/Britain “border”, remembering free movement of goods and people also applies within the U.K. And, of course goods and people can move in the opposite direction.

I believe this is what the argument is about. Of course the democrats are now saying they will ‘punish’ the U.K. if they get back into power if the U.K./Irish border is reestablished.

[Bikkuri]

That sounds like a USA/Canada/Alaska issue.. ;^)

[Mr. K]

Thank you!

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Of course, Britain has already stated that it has no intention of imposing a ‘hard border’ on the ROI/UK border, the threat comes soley from the EU/ROI side.

Of course, its not surprising that the Dem globalists would side with the EU and put all the responsibility on the UK to bow down to EU demands.

[Cronos]

To add in, there is the Good Friday agreement that agreed to a no-borders Ireland.

And the fishing rights (which is pure politics - the impact on jobs and the economy is barely a fraction of a percent)