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Quite. There is no technology solution to the Irish border and there never can be. There can only be a people solution which technology might help enable. amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Change the frame of reference and then we have a chance to find a solution that works for all. It will take time but diplomacy takes time. In the end it also works better than harebrain schemes.
One of the main roles of elected politicians is to separate the realistic from the ridiculous, and right now Conservative MPs in particular are failing in that role.
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David Henig
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No deal advocates have no plan for no deal.

Never mind the more excitable stories, the following WILL happen in a no-deal Brexit

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UK products will face tariffs if sold into the EU - for example cars at 10% and shoes at 8%. Some UK producers will become uncompetitive when facing these tariffs, especially compared to EU producers, and will therefore cease production

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UK products which require testing to be placed on the EU market will need a test carried out within the EU, a UK test will not be sufficient. This will add costs to production.

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David Henig
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Weekly Brexit tracker, postponed from yesterday, owing to returning from Brussels. Still just about deal over no-deal, but with no great margin. No sign from the referendum crowd yet that they recognise the need for a reboot...
Here's the trend picture - and as the chances of soft Brexit or a referendum recede, the choice of the current deal or no-deal becomes stark - but we await what happens when the PM can't get any meaningful changes from Brussels..
And no, the EU isn't for blinking... ft.com/content/0021aa…
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Virtually all no-deal Brexit supporters continually contradict themselves because if we don't need a deal with the EU to economically prosper then we also don't need trade deals with anyone else. (repost, typo in original)
A second contradiction is that if they are right the UK can prosper with no EU deal then the free market economics most espouse is also wrong, in that it will turn out barriers to trade are not in fact an obstacle to prosperity
The logical carry-through is that those pressing for no-deal are in fact advocating isolationist UK not the global UK they often claim. Which is actually consistent with their continued attacks on multinational business and claims Brexit will reshore production.
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