What do people think is most likely to happen with the Irish/UK border?

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What is the most likely solution?

I'm unlikely to read all 300 posts of this thread

Sums up most brexit people, I can't be arsed to look into what's going on, I'll just shout my ignorant rant over and over with my fingers in my ears.

and the tone here from some of you guys is 'if UK leaves the EU then the criminals may commit crime again, hence we should stay' - I mean, boy, is that some kind of appeasement or what!

Martina, take it from me, there are paramilitary factions just waiting for the command.

Ifailed: yeah, right, like you just always read 13 pages of posts before you chip in, I doubt it

yes, but that's in the past

It's really not.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-10866072

No, the tone here is the Britain is leaving the EU and they need to figure out what to do about the Irish border.

Don't judge people by your own low standards.

whayagonna: if that's really the case, then are u saying we should just do what they want? sounds kind of weak

the border solution is easy - just have a border , problem solved, now, why didn't I think of that myself....

What most people are trying to do here is to discuss what might be a working solution.

Do you have any appreciation for the amount of people murdered because of the border issue?

Can you show me a recent statement by the Irish government that the UK should hand over NI to them?

The border runs through peoples actual houses. How you gonna sort that?

How about a border between England and Scotland.

NI / Scot (who both voted remain) could stay in the single market and customs union.

NI would have no border with the UK. Irish imports/exports could travel by road via Scotland?

Also, the extra costs for security, intelligence, infrastructure repair? The effect on ordinary people?

Can you show me a recent statement by the Irish government that the UK should hand over NI to them?

Eh? Unlike you I have read the whole thread, and no-one has said that.

Educate yourself. Its part of the population of NI who want a united Ireland.

NI and Scotland belong to the UK. The UK as a whole voted to leave. Therefore, they are leaving too. That's democracy.

Martina You need at least some basic knowledge to understand this, go and read up on the history of NI, and then come back.

The UK as a whole voted to leave

To leave the EU. Not to leave the single market etc. No-one knew what they were voting for

Yes they did. That was available information.

I think people knew what they were voting for, but the practicalities of it all was beyond our imaginations.

Martina appears to be the epitome of Brexiteers.

I'm so sorry to say it martina, but your ignorance of the situation is absolutely unbelievable. But maybe you are trolling for a reaction, who knows.

NI and ROI have a great relationship at the moment it's all quiet and good and works seamlessly.

Throw a manned border into the equation that no one North or South really wants, add in the intransigence of the DUP and what do you get?

Think about it.

Yes they did. That was available information

"Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" Was the question. Nothing about whether or not people wanted to leave the single market etc

I would find you amusing Martina if what you are saying didn't sound quite like several of our elected representatives.

It's quite old now but I thoroughly recommend Making Sense of the Troubles as a helpful book in understanding different views on this and some of the agonies involved. But it's a lot longer than a 13 page thread so, yanno, whatevs.