BigMike wrote:
Realistically speaking, if the Brits hadn't joined the Common Market in "58 I might believe BREXIT had a real chance but you know how it goes, political union follows economic union. I don't think they'll quite do it. They may do something they call a BREXIT but actually isn't.
I was there in London when they were deciding to join I was living and working in Hackney, it's changed now I've heard, but the last day I worked at Lesneys Matchbox Toys (people collect them now) the Forman gave me a ride home and he said when I was arguing with him that Ireland should be Ireland not Britain he said "but that would be giving in to them" meaning the IRA.
It's still same thing today keeping Britain in the EU.
Other Countries are in the Customs Union but not in the EU, but they got no border issues.
Sure Britain could leave and remain in the European Union Customs Union which they never were in 1973 and be bound legally by the Customs Union but have no representation in the Customs Union Proceedings.
Sure Britain could leave without a deal as Boris is set to do I think and so the EU woul say to Ireland that "like every other EU member, it's your Irish Republic responsibility to ensure goods and services made available to Ireland as a privlige of membership cannot be passed on to another Country".
So the IRA hostilities ended April 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement which was mostly about getting along and gradual acceptance based on the principal of an open border.
2007 - power sharing Northern Ireland Government, Iran Paisley is first minister and Sinn Feins McGuinness is his deputy.
2011 - The Queen visits Ireland, x - IRA Commander shakes hand with the Queen.
Scottish activists want independence, the Unionist Party in Northern Ireland want the opposite and the Irish Republic want to stay in the EU, you got to ask why ? and it's because the Irish issue is the least convert financial aspect of the leave proposition.
If Britain is out with a no deal on the 31st Oct. everything changes and the arguments of Irish Unity will likely come back with a Vengence built-in by a mafia black market providing funds for militancy.
However the Brexit leave campaign of Nigel Farage will be over and he can retire again leaving the Tory Party to be called t*****rs and responsible if things go down hill particularly so because everything will be privatised.
Maybe it's the same in the US the issues emerging are becoming greater in importance that the 2 Party system, destined to be either Militaristic Nationalistic Popularism (Republicans) or (Democrats) supportive of Globalism where Nations of less significance begin emerging.