As you get older you become more realist

You need a balance

A little bit of idealism let's you strive for better

Anyway, I have an alternative for the Irish border issue

But the realism keeps you grounded

Republic of Ireland should leave the EU customs union and join the UK one

Funny think

It's actually makes sense economically

And since that's all the remainers care about... They should tell them to do it

Oh, I couldn't give a shit about Ireland, but it's just as reasonable as them expecting to steal Northern Ireland

It's politics again

It has no reality behind it

@Joshu If I may add, just throw your kids in Pakistan and they'd be realist soon enough. Or let em spend a day in an Iranian prison like those dumb Aussies

There are two ways to keep no border between NI and I

And one has been ruled out by the British public

Yes, and with good reason, Joshu

So

Boris's compromise was entirely reasonable given the circumstances

They have one option, leave the EU. Or they could refuse to apply border checks of course

UK had already said they'd refuse to apply border checks in the event of a no deal

Yup

EU's response was "REEEEEE!"

In that case the RI would be the ones in breach of the GFA

Because their objection to Boris's compromise is political, not practical

They don't want NI having an advantageous trading position, and they don't want NI themselves being able to decide whether to end the arrangement

These being both antithetical to EU principles of authoritarian centralised control

Did you see the recent tariff changes for after no deal?

88% of imports by value just got neutralised to 0%

Yes

Personally I disagree with that

But I understand why they did it

It's swings the UKs dick in the right direction at this juncture

Things like foods

Means the EU likely arnt the cheapest anymore

I don't think you'll find a non-authoritarian solution to the climate issues without selectively leveraging import tariffs

And I don't think they'll have enough tax money to maintain the state as it stands

Cars, the USA just got a 10-16% import tax cut for sending cars here

USA won't be sending cars here any time soon

Which may disrupt the German car industry

USA cars are not UK spec

Wheel on wrong side