BREXIT

[nick crisp]

Why? In practical terms?

Because it takes two to agree a deal, and the EU will insist on conditions. They already do for Norway and Switzerland.

And there you have immediately kowtowed to them.
I asked for an explanation in practical terms, and got one in political terms. Once again showing that politics merely gets in the way of trade.
We must have the courage of our convictions and insist on our own conditions. Or it's No Deal.
The point is to negotiate a deal, not have one dictated. That is the very reason Brexiteers want out of that non-democratic shambles.

You and I are both old enough to remember what it was like before the Good Friday Agreement. Yes it still happens but it's nowhere near as bad now. If NI stays in the EU then the border is between NI and GB and the loyalists kick off. If it's between NI and Eire, then the Republicans kick off. A no win situation.

Whichever way this goes, N.I. will kick off again. Sooner or later, it would even if the referendum had never happened. Sad, but alas, that is the mentality we are dealing with, as is evidenced with the current resurgence of sectarianist views within those communities. We must surgically remove the cancer, and the EU have kindly offered to do it for us.