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Topic History of: Boris Brexit and Bollocks
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Barney |
Republic of Ireland's National Debt is close to being the highest of all developed countries - on a per capita basis.
Close to 80% of their dairy/beef/food products are exported here. The BigMac you've just had was probably sourced from Cork.
Their entire economy would be devastated by a hard Brexit, particularly that involving a border. Why most now know the ubiquitous Leo Varadkar.
Ireland's Prime Minister - of Indian descent, amicable and gay - but keen on keeping his economy alive.
It may be that his Irish charm (Irish mother/NHS nurse) will save his nation's fate.
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Barney |
Lose Northern Ireland!
Bearing in mind the £1 billion subsidy (paid by HM Treasury, every MONTH) to prop up the province - who would/could take it on?
The Republic - following virtual bankruptcy about 10 years ago - has a National Debt of €210 billion, and can barely pay the interest on it.
And the EU have no interest or mechanism to become involved.
If the millstone of NI could be eradicated, there's be an all night party in every UK town...
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JK2006 |
Don't like Priti Patel either; the smiling assassin. Every day my prediction looks more likely. And it does appear that the UK may lose both Northern Ireland and Scotland; and many of us might prefer Belfast or Glasgow to London. |
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Barney |
The history of the two islands - with five distinctly different nations, living thereon - may provide clues to the future.
On the island of Ireland, the abject hatred between the nationalist and republicsn sides - is palpable; although the Good Friday Agreement soothed things.
Catholic v Protestant - resulting in 3,000 deaths over the past 40 years: mostly civilians - the victims of indiscriminate bombings.
Boris must be cognicent of this cathaclismic and potential problem. Rhetorical leveraging will gear upwards very soon.
Put briefly - many protestants actually believe that the Republic is run by Rome.
Not long ago, it was - nearly. With the massive influence held by the Catholic church.
Only in the South/Republic...
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Barney |
Something had to give to get a Brexit solution - and it now is beginning to look like Northern Ireland being the losers.
As well as the DUP who had supported the Tories (and Ms May), at their hour of need. However, the other 27 EU members (those staying in the union) backed the Republic.
Boris then had to toe the line - and the end result will be that NI will be a hybrid type of territory, in terms of borders (invisible or not), customs and travel.
NI will - it would seem - have a future relationship with the UK (of which it will remain a part), the Republic and the EU. All of different sorts.
What remains in the air - is who will pay the £1 billion, every month, to NI (to subsidise its economy); this is presently paid by the UK Treasury.
Everything though is so much more difficult as NI hasn't governed itself - because of internal political wrangling - for nearly two years.
Today's new beginning is just that..
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