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Postponement doesn't solve any problems. The Irish border issue will remain intractable. And not leaving after all won't happen either, British pride and dream
by KSteffensen 8y ago
Postponement doesn't solve any problems. The Irish border issue will remain intractable.
And not leaving after all won't happen either, British pride and dreams of Empire can't handle that humiliation.
My money is on the no deal exit, even though that implies the hard border to Ireland.
- nicoburns 8y ago> Postponement doesn't solve any problems. It does solve one problem: that otherwise we crash out with no deal by default. > And not leaving after all won't happen either, British pride and dreams of Empire can't handle that humiliation. That's not the only force in Britain though. Plenty of people, especially young people, see themselves as European as much as British. And plenty of people are ashamed of the empire too. > My money is on the no deal exit, even though that implies the hard border to Ireland. It could happen, but I don't think anybody is keen to see a resurgence in Irish terrorism, which is not unlikely in a No Deal scenario. And this is even ignoring the significant downsides this would have for the British economy.