And just to add...
If the Republic of Ireland is tasked to put up customs posts along the border as a consequence of Brexit executed with no corresponding deal with the EU it'll also be insisted because both they and the EU will themselves want to not be in breach of WTO trading rules, despite having taken no action unilaterally themselves - that is because the UK are the ones taking unilateral action. They are the party breaking an international agreement, not Ireland or the EU. Passing the buck over the issues concerning the border is not something new, the recent history of British political life is full of examples of burdening others with their own problems. What now exists in the Palace of Westminster is a politic body that over the last 40 to 50 years has incredibly immatured when almost everyone else continues to mature and grow up. A denial about the role and strength the UK now has in the world. If anything the EU has managed to buffer them somewhat from the worst of its shocks. All that's mainly left is for a bunch of spoilt boys to boast with ultra confident the belief that they can make it in this world on the sheer basis because their grandfather's did. But that will mean taking responsibility for your actions, something that the right of centre wing of English politics preaches to everyone but themselves. Blame the EU, blame Russia, blame the French, blame the Irish, blame the Chinese, blame the Argentines, blame the Germans etc. etc. etc.
No political union or base lasts forever, but If I was a betting man, I'd be putting money on the current United Kingdom breaking up before the EU eventually succumbs.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
