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Villages and towns are split now. There are hundreds of locations around the EU where different sides of a street are in different countries - or (worse now) st
by TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
Villages and towns are split now. There are hundreds of locations around the EU where different sides of a street are in different countries - or (worse now) straddling the UK/Ireland border.
Which is not to suggest that pie-shaped political geography is a good idea. But splitting towns is much less of a show-stopper than old-fashioned tribal and religious affiliations.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoIt's not just Ireland. There are towns crossing the English-Welsh border and English-Scottish border which has been an issue with the increasing fragmentation of the UK in the last year. Particularly in lockdowns people officially can't go to their local shops as it's "over the border". Pretty ridiculous but it reinforces the idea that UK is looking more and more like separate areas -- an idea that the present government appears to want to support? I don't think it's just the lack of respect for the Good Friday Agreement (I wonder if Raab has read it yet) the unity of the UK as a whole is looking quite strained to me. [Just my private opinion.]
- Symbiote 6y agoThis caught my eye last week, since the football stadium is built over the England/Wales border, and the two places have different rules on using indoor toilets at public events during lockdown: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/24/cross-border-toilet-trips-at-chester-cinema-fall-foul-of-welsh-covid-rules https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/24/cross-border-t...
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoWow, thanks for posting that; even more ridiculous than I thought!