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There will also be a hard land border for Gibraltar as things stand. They voted 99% to stay in EU !

And there would be a hard land border between an independent Scotland & an independent England as things stand.

 

But proper land borders are hardly new...

What could they entail? Would only freight be affected or all people crossing the border(s). 

Having travelled to NI a few times and the Republic too (by sea & from NI), I have only ever had full checks when leaving Scotland for NI, and flying from England to NI.

Entering the Republic by road or sea has always be totally check free when I've done it.  So my experience is that there is very much a full border NOW between Britain & NI, 

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1 hour ago, wheres the pies said:

Thought I’d throw this into the mix what if Sinn Fein where to take there seats at Westminster now there’s a thought 

SinnFein have been an isolationist party insofar as Westminster is concerned for 100 years.   Michelle O'Neill the SF leader in NI was on Politics Live earlier in the week and was asked this exact question and she dismissed it out of hand.  

She also made the point that they sit in the Dail and that's where they see themselves bringing their leverage to bear.  

Quite an interesting short interview, she was accused of secretly wanting a no deal as it will make an United Ireland/Independent Scotland more likely.  Her reply was that Brexit will be damaging for NI, ROI and the U.K. and that while a United Ireland is what gets her up in the morning she wants to take people with her, which is basically what Nicola Sturgeon says whenever she's asked the same question wrt Scotland. 

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On 18 October 2018 at 11:45 PM, aaid said:

SinnFein have been an isolationist party insofar as Westminster is concerned for 100 years.   Michelle O'Neill the SF leader in NI was on Politics Live earlier in the week and was asked this exact question and she dismissed it out of hand.  

She also made the point that they sit in the Dail and that's where they see themselves bringing their leverage to bear.  

Quite an interesting short interview, she was accused of secretly wanting a no deal as it will make an United Ireland/Independent Scotland more likely.  Her reply was that Brexit will be damaging for NI, ROI and the U.K. and that while a United Ireland is what gets her up in the morning she wants to take people with her, which is basically what Nicola Sturgeon says whenever she's asked the same question wrt Scotland. 

Do you think there would be a mass migration from NI to Scotland and vice versa?

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20 hours ago, The White Ceelo said:

Do you think there would be a mass migration from NI to Scotland and vice versa?

If you are talking about loads of mad unionists going from NI to Scotland in the event of a United Ireland or the other way in the event of Scotland becoming Independent then I wouldn't expect so.  These things are pretty easy to say, a lot more difficult to actually do.

Anyway, I reckon that once one part of the UK "goes", the other will follow pretty quickly afterwards.

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1 hour ago, aaid said:

If you are talking about loads of mad unionists going from NI to Scotland in the event of a United Ireland or the other way in the event of Scotland becoming Independent then I wouldn't expect so.  These things are pretty easy to say, a lot more difficult to actually do.

Anyway, I reckon that once one part of the UK "goes", the other will follow pretty quickly afterwards.

I don't think many will leave Scotland after independence,  however if loads of unionists come to Scotland in the case of a united Ireland  then independence becomes harder. Lots of plastic paddies took a passport but only to help them get to Europe  on holidays, work etc. I really don't think many will return to the mothership.

The second referendum needs to happen soon

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Brexit: Bid to block EU's Northern Ireland 'backstop'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45926828

Steve Baker (a Tory ex minister) has put down amendments to the Northern Ireland bill, ...

he wants to make it a legal requirement to get the Stormont Assembly's approval for any plan to treat Northern Ireland differently from the rest of the UK.

 

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7 minutes ago, exile said:

Brexit: Bid to block EU's Northern Ireland 'backstop'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45926828

Steve Baker (a Tory ex minister) has put down amendments to the Northern Ireland bill, ...

he wants to make it a legal requirement to get the Stormont Assembly's approval for any plan to treat Northern Ireland differently from the rest of the UK.

 

:lol:

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8 minutes ago, exile said:

Brexit: Bid to block EU's Northern Ireland 'backstop'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45926828

Steve Baker (a Tory ex minister) has put down amendments to the Northern Ireland bill, ...

he wants to make it a legal requirement to get the Stormont Assembly's approval for any plan to treat Northern Ireland differently from the rest of the UK.

 

That's going to be a challenge with no Stormont Assembly in place. Regardless, I don't see that passing. 

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2 minutes ago, exile said:

"Worried Devon fisherman fears industry will become Theresa May's Brexit ‘bargaining tool’" (who could possibly have imagined that?)

[article in Express, click at own risk] [https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1034860/brexit-news-fishing-Theresa-May-latest-deal-negotiations-fishing-quotas-devon]

Sunday Politics Scotland cut off the Record's Davie Clegg as he was about to ask why the Scottish Fishing industry has such a massive fucking lobby on Brexit compared to other industries in Scotland

They have never been out the news in the last 2 years whereas Industries that bring in far more cash to Scotland's economy have been ignored

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7 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said:

Sunday Politics Scotland cut off the Record's Davie Clegg as he was about to ask why the Scottish Fishing industry has such a massive fucking lobby on Brexit compared to other industries in Scotland

They have never been out the news in the last 2 years whereas Industries that bring in far more cash to Scotland's economy have been ignored

Feck me, was that Labour just about to have a go at at Tory? No heard that in a while.

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446b45a86d7077a0cc85ded4472500d9_bigger. Sam Coates TimesVerified account @SamCoatesTimes

EXCLUSIVE ** Times sees cabinet papers revealing next stage of brexit Plan ** Brexit transition WILL last for years under TM’s Plan officials say. They warn of “long-running” multi-year transition ** Plan A WILL involve NI in separate VAT area. Officials admit “uncomfortable”.

The leak reveals a highly complex plan (“Model A”) under which the U.K. would be given the unilateral option of EITHER extending the implementation plan OR going into the backstop if the FTA isn’t ready by Dec 31 2020

Key sentence about Plan A: “it would be possible to argue alternatively for a rolling (for example annual) decision point, allowing any IP extension to be reviewed and a backstop activated at a later point.” *Annual*?

There is a Model B involving an all U.K. customs backstop but the decision to extend it is “not unilateral”. This is not a recommended option, because presumably it could mean the EU able to keep us in this state as long as they want

 

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Michael Russell Retweeted Sam Coates Times

I suspect this is nearly the final straw for #Brexiteers but also not enough to get a deal over the line in the next few weeks. So further confusion & instability likely creating more serious problems for economy, country and standing.

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2 hours ago, exile said:

Russia seeks to capitalise on Brexit after blocking Liam Fox's WTO plan

Could all those tasty trade deals we were promised be in doubt?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/26/russia-brexit-liam-fox-wto-plan-uk

Interesting that The Guardian headlines the Russians as those to blame. If you want to appropriate blame, then go for the Moldovan's (who feel personally slighted by recent UK immigration policy):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-17/how-tiny-moldova-s-brexit-grudge-could-cost-u-k-1-7-trillion

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11 hours ago, Dave78 said:

Interesting that The Guardian headlines the Russians as those to blame. If you want to appropriate blame, then go for the Moldovan's (who feel personally slighted by recent UK immigration policy):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-17/how-tiny-moldova-s-brexit-grudge-could-cost-u-k-1-7-trillion

Its rather amusing to think so many voted for Brexit due to Britain’s  lax immigration policy whilst tied to the EU ,  to then be stuffed on trade due to their overly tight immigration on a Moldovan diplomat 🙂

It is also ironic that many voted to leave the EU as they did not want to be stuck in an organisation where all member states had to agree , especially ‘ those wee diddy countries with nobody in them ‘. How dare they have the same weight as the big players. Now another set of countries have to agree on our entry to the GPA. 

It stinks of hypocrisy that the UK thinks it can simply gain immediate entry to the GPA as it already holds that position being part of the EU, which it has voted to leave. Were we not told it would be ridiculous to think that Scotland could just rejoin the EU if we voted to leave the UK in 2014? 

Different situations granted but the concept is the same, one rule for the UK and another rule for the rest. 

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35 minutes ago, ParisInAKilt said:

Interesting, but which bit is incredible? His analysis of the problem, or his solution?

He's saying Chequers is madness, signing up to rules we thought we were leaving for, while giving up rather than taking back control of those rules.

Plenty of leavers as well as remainers would agree with that?

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3 minutes ago, exile said:

Interesting, but which bit is incredible? His analysis of the problem, or his solution?

He's saying Chequers is madness, signing up to rules we thought we were leaving for, while giving up rather than taking back control of those rules.

Plenty of leavers as well as remainers would agree with that?

Nothing actually, the fact the guardian has given Blair a platform  (again) makes perfect sense. 

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