#hard border

[dykebucky]

never thought i’d make a brexit joke, nevermind w a stale meme. anyways

[mcksimon]

“Magic is the absence sometimes. And there was magic too in 1998. A very good Friday.”

“We live here. And we are holding our breath again. Because we know that chance and hope come in forms like steam and smoke.”

[unknownpoliticalobject]

Fears of Brexit ‘doomsday’ spark race against time - Independent.ie

The Government is facing a race against the Brexit

The Government is facing a race against the Brexit "doomsday" clock, including the need to employ 1,000 extra full-time customs and veterinary inspectors as part of contingency plans.

And in today’s FM4 news: http://fm4.orf.at/player/20180719/MO/090015000

The European Union is telling governments and companies to prepare for the scenario of Britain leaving the bloc without an agreement in place. Brexit talks are stalled, and PM Theresa May's divorce plan has been facing tough oppositions on all sides. Irish Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar has said his government is making contingency plans ...

[iamafeministtbh]

Dear friends across the Irish Sea, You have made the decision to leave the European Union, and though we wouldn’t have made that choice, we respect that you have. It is time to get on with negotiating how to disentangle you from it. We are writing from your nearest neighbour, Ireland — you may have heard a bit about us in the last few days! While we know that many of you are aware of everything we’re about to say, it has become alarmingly obvious that a number of your leaders and journalists do not know the following. Please feel free to bring this to their attention. 1. Ireland is not a part of the United Kingdom After a series of revolutions, insurrections and a war of independence, a treaty was made between the two governments of what is now Ireland and the United Kingdom. This happened in 1922. Ireland removed the Monarchy in 1937 and became a republic, and is no longer even a member of the Commonwealth. We have an elected President, who acts above politics and seeks to represent the entire Irish people. 2. Ireland is the name of our country There are two entities called Ireland, one is the large island to the west of Great Britain. The other is the independent, sovereign nation of Ireland. This nation makes up most of that island. It is a republic. Most of it is south of Northern Ireland. The name of this country in Irish (a language, which is nothing like English) is Éire — note the accent on top of the first E, if you leave it out it means something else. “Eire” and “Southern Ireland” are both terms the British government has historically used to undermine the legitimacy of our independence, and are not the official name of the country. 3. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom That treaty in 1922 (see above) did not include six of the 32 counties of Ireland (the island). Those counties remain in the United Kingdom. Ulster is made up of those six, plus three other counties which are in Ireland (the country), so it is inaccurate to refer to Northern Ireland as “Ulster.” 4. Ireland is not going to leave the European Union The last opinion poll of Irish opinions on the European Union show a whopping 88% in favour of remaining in the EU. No major political party is advocating that we leave. Being a member of EU allowed us to develop an independent, outward facing economy, and start working on becoming a modern, liberal, and flourishing democracy that we continue to strive towards today. 5. The border between our two (independent) nations has been all but invisible since the 1920s Since the independence of Ireland, British and Irish officials alike realised that the 499 kilometre (310 miles) border between Ireland and the UK is practically impossible to police. For pragmatic reasons, and also for the sake of health, safety and security, Ireland and the UK have cooperated closely over that time so as to make our border essentially invisible during peacetime. This has been crucial to maintaining peace since the signing of the Good Friday agreement of 1998. The border literally runs through the middle of some people’s houses, so policing it would be an enormous waste of money, resources and time. 6. If you leave the Common Market and the Customs Union, the border must return The EU allows all of our members to act as if we were just one country for certain mutually beneficial issues, these include trade of goods, customs and product safety. Once you start changing your rules so they become different from ours (as you have said you will) that means that we will have to check your goods, and you will have to check ours, to make sure they are safe to be sold to each others’ people. That means there will have to be border checks of some sort between the EU (Ireland) and the UK (Northern Ireland), unless we agree to an alternative solution. 7. Every political party in Ireland agrees The current government’s policy on the border is supported by every party in our parliament. There is no fringe element causing them to be hard-line or using this current negotiation to advocate any radical nationalist agenda. Since the current status of the border has been in place for nearly 100 years, proposing to change that is the radical position. 8. We are still waiting for your suggestion We have made a suggestion — for Northern Ireland to remain inside the customs union and the common market. This would allow the border to remain as invisible as it is today, and allow goods and people flow across it seamlessly. You have not. “Flexible and Imaginative solutions” is the best your leaders have proposed so far, and that simply isn’t good enough. We are eager to find a mutually agreeable solution on this, and look forward to hearing a credible suggestion on this extremely complex topic. 9. We are on your side Ireland and the UK have been extremely close allies inside the EU for over forty years, and our fates are tied. A bad Brexit will be as bad for Ireland as it will be for the UK. However. The issue of the border is fundamental to our economic, and democratic prosperity, and to sustaining our national security and peace. We remain optimistic of a solution to this impasse and a return to our friendly relations as soon as possible. Aengus Ó Maoláin & Liz Carolan.

https://medium.com/@AengusOMaolain/an-open-letter-to-great-britain-68e38341eae1 

[pointless-letters]

Yeah, Edward. Clearly, it’s the Republic of Ireland that’s being unreasonable, trying to have its cake and eat it.

[pointless-letters]

“I agree there should be a hard border.” said Mrs Bunty Twelvetrees, 87. “These Irish can complain all they like about being terrified of a return to violence and how they only want their families to be safe, but I think I saw some foreigns in Tesco the other night. Well, they were buying olive oil. That’s suspicion enough for me and I think they should have started building a border wall already.”

[seachranaidhe]

Take a look at this post… 'THE PROTECTERS OF THE 'BREXIT SEA BORDER' THE DUP NOW TRYING TO SCARE THE UNIONIST/LOYALIST ELECTORATE INTO ONLY VOTING FOR THEM TO CONSOLIDATE THE DUP VOTE! '.

Take a look at this post… ‘THE PROTECTERS OF THE ‘BREXIT SEA BORDER’ THE DUP NOW TRYING TO SCARE THE UNIONIST/LOYALIST ELECTORATE INTO ONLY VOTING FOR THEM TO CONSOLIDATE THE DUP VOTE! ‘.

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-protecters-of-brexit-sea-border-dup.html The Good Friday Agreement – Free From Sectarian Harassment

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[seachranaidhe]

The End is Nigh for NI!

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-end-is-nigh-for-orthern-ireland-as.html

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