Posted: Sep 29, 2017 12:38 pm
Scot Dutchy wrote:Not in my papers. Maybe the Scum and Wail.
Britain needs a 'miracle' to meet deadline for Brexit deal, says Jean-Claude Juncker
The British have no proposal on NI border except the sci-fi one.
Why would NI not stay in the EU? It receives vast subsidies from the EU which the UK would be unable to pay. The two countries are so integrated. A large percentage of the NI have RoI passports. Ireland would never join the UK.
Any special status NI will get it will be de-facto part of the EU. Scotland will want the same status and maybe even Wales or Northern England might demand it.
Barnier has already a mandate to discuss NI.
NI would IMO leave EU because it is politically necessary for the UK.
So long as the border is at the ports there remains no political necessity for the EU to require that NI remain in the EU. So it seems reasonable that a suitable treaty would satisfy both the EU requirements and the UK political requirements, thus allowing progress.