Whether there's a deal or not, there won't be a hard border in NI because there's no need for one. The backstop is an EU tactic to keep the UK trapped in the customs union.
Liam Halligan...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... sue-world/
"This border already copes with different currencies and variations in VAT and other taxes and duties. Yes, there is smuggling in rural areas but authorities in the UK and Ireland have built a system of intelligence sharing and collaboration to keep contraband trade in check.
There is no reason at all that the same invisible Irish land border coping with differing taxes cannot now handle minor post-Brexit differences in trading standards. Such variations, of course, would be even more marginal if the UK and EU got beyond this confected backstop nonsense and finally negotiated a free-trade agreement."
EU Membership Referendum (Brexit)
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The one thing we haven't been short of in the last 3 years is opinion pieces. People are so entrenched now that it'll take more than an editorial from Liam Halligan to change minds.
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I thought this was an interesting poll....leavers don't just not trust politicians, they don't trust anyone. Even scientists and weather forecasters, which is a concern given the choices that we'll need to be make soon about climate collapse. The funny one is that they don't even trust sports commentators as much as remainers
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You say that like it is a bad thing!ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 2:07 amI thought this was an interesting poll....leavers don't just not trust politicians, they don't trust anyone. Even scientists and weather forecasters, which is a concern given the choices that we'll need to be make soon about climate collapse. The funny one is that they don't even trust sports commentators as much as remainers
Screenshot_2019-02-05 Leave voters are less likely to trust any experts – even weather forecasters YouGov.png
If you have time I would recommend reading Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed and Thinking Fast and Slow by Danny Kahneman
Both very interesting and counter intuitive and if I remember correctly one of them specifically discusses trusting sport / political commentators.
Ps I am not a climate sceptic
Germany will make sure there is a deal - even saw Merkel yesterday saying she wants to fix the backstop issue (she's been pretty silent the last few months).
Their economy is already struggling, she knows that without a deal with the UK they are well and truly stuffed.
Their economy is already struggling, she knows that without a deal with the UK they are well and truly stuffed.
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+ 1superfrank wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:15 pmYay.
The 29th is a Friday so that weekend will be a massive celebration should we leave on that date with a proper Brexit or No Deal. If it happens I'll be going to a Wetherspoons - it would be rude to go anywhere else.
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I thought it showed reasonable degree of synisism so I'm not sure why you'd object. Unless objecting has become a default condition. There's one poll they all seem to be certain about though.
I'm fine with leavers winning. I'm just not so fine that a few appear to have taken the taliban approach and are happy to self destruct for the sake of idiology. The leavers have wanted a 'voice' for years, shame now they have one they don't want anyone else to have an opinion.
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Andrew Neil steps down from 'This Week' prompting the BBC to end the show this summer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47251264
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47251264
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Shame, that's one of my fav programs of the week. No Dimbles on QT, no Andrew on TW, Thursday nights will never be the same again.Dallas wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:04 pmAndrew Neil steps down from 'This Week' prompting the BBC to end the show this summer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47251264