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Why Are They So Worried About A Soft Border?

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ToraToraTora | 15:05 Fri 17th Nov 2017 | News
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42019697
Go and have word with Barmpot and junk mate, nowt to do with us.
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Because for the first time the UK is going to have a land border with the EU. As it stands at the moment any EU citizen will have the right to unrestricted travel to the Irish republic. Then there is not going to be any way to stop them just walking over the unprotected soft border into the UK. Not a problem to me but with your often and proudly admitted xenophobia , it may be a problem to you!
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been done in Norway, Switzerland etc, the problem is with EU intransigence in refusing to talk about anything other than the "divorce" payment, we'll end up with a hard border by default. Personally I want a hard border for the reasons you highlight eddie.
"As it stands at the moment any EU citizen will have the right to unrestricted travel to the Irish republic."

I suppose it depends what you mean by "unrestricted travel", Eddie. Citizens from most European countries have had that ability since long before the EU (or the EEC) was formed. All they needed to do was to produce their passports (as they do now because Ireland is not part of the Schengen Area). Under EU rules Ireland cannot refuse admission to a person holding a passport from another EU nation but I doubt that many were turned away before the EU was formed. As well as that there has not been a hard border between The Republic and Northern Ireland for about 100 years. So what's different?

The problem evident here is that Ireland (no doubt egged on by their Lords and Masters in Brussels) cannot seem to reconcile the UK leaving the Customs Union and Single Market whilst maintaining a soft border. Well since the UK seems perfectly happy to continue with the soft border I would suggest that the problem needs to be resolved by the Irish and their EU masters. Borders need to be policed in two directions. If the Irish insist on placing restrictions from travel from the north there is no reason why the UK should place similar restrictions on travel from the south.
There will never be a hard border in Ireland
Why not let the border stay as it is. If people traveling from NI come to the rest of the UK they would then have to go through passport control.

As for trade. Well perhaps NI will be better off as they will have access to EU goods walking over the border no problem.
So you're suggesting a N.Ireland /UK border and a united Ireland. What could possibly be wrong with that ?
The border will stay as it is, largely. It can't do anything else.
It is a border in name only these days. The Eire govt's view is "you voted (England and Wales at least) for this mess, you sort it out" and I can't say I disagree. They won't tolerate anything perceived as detrimental to their interests. They, like the rest of the EU, have May and co over a barrel on this.
No one voted for a mess. EU intransigence is causing the issue. Ireland needs to tell the EU that they won't be dictated to as to what sort of border they have. Nothing to do with the UK who have already suggested a solution.

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