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This insistence that technology can solve the Irish border issue, and presumably by extension the problems at Dover and Calais, takes the pressure off Dublin you would assume...

thetimes.co.uk/article/backst…
Presumably there will be unanimity among the 27 regarding the integrity of the Single Market
And if there is a minority in the Tory party that actually wants no deal, there is nothing that anyone outside the U.K. can do about that..
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Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke
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Is it a safety net? Is it a bridge?
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/c…
A Northern Ireland only backstop would have been a safety net. But then the UK asked for the CU element of the backstop to be UK-wide. That was more than was required for a safety net. And hence it had to become a bridge.
See @tconnellyRTE here:
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Protocol on Ireland in the WA: 1. Until the future relationship becomes applicable, a single customs territory between the Union and the United Kingdom shall be established ("the single customs territory"). p. 309:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
PD, p. 6: The economic partnership should ensure no tariffs, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions ... with ambitious customs arrangements that... build and improve on the single customs territory provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement
Preamble to the Protocol (in WA) also speaks of the future relationship building on single customs territory
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Presumably the intention here is not to threaten punishment (so Irish commentators should calm down), but to express what I assume is a common enough assumption in some quarters, namely that in the end Ireland will blink.
I think that assumption is mistaken, and the politician might reflect on what the consequences for his party are likely to be if they take the country over the edge because they believe this to be so.
It is notable that the politician in question focusses on the damage that would be sustained to the Irish economy in the event of a no deal Brexit. There is no doubt that there would be serious damage.
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