Reply to post: Re: trying to tell the British public

Re: trying to tell the British public

"Didn't the UK government sort of promise that it would uphold the current border arrangements, and therefore ensuring that it somehow gets sorted is indeed an issue?"

And the UK wouldnt be making a border. We wont be changing the arrangements."

That weasel argument is repeated many times by the ignorant that don't understand the situation.

I don't think you are that stupid. You know full well that if we didn't maintain a border that EU law requires, we'll have *no* trade deal with the EU at all.

"Also, if the Irish border doesn't get sorted, that will likely torpedo any future trade deal with the US, and that was one of the main reasons the Brexiters wanted out of the EU, wasn't it?"

Rubbish. Why would the US care a hoot about Ireland? If they did then we wouldnt have been put to the front of the 'queue' and the EU told to get stuffed.

Why would the US care a hoot about Ireland? The current thinking is that the Democrats see the Good Friday agreement as part of their legacy - it's also very popular with the American Irish.

Still, "why" is not relevent. As "anon" rightly says, the Democrats have already stated there will be no trade deal with the UK if the Good Friday agreement is affected (Google is your friend):

"Congress would torpedo a UK trade deal if Brexit led to a hard border in Ireland, a senior US politician has warned in a blow to Brexiteers.

British politicians should "not think for one minute that there's any comfort for them that if they leave the EU they will quickly have a US-UK trade agreement," Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, said in Dublin on Tuesday (16 April).

"That's just not in the cards if there is any harm done to the Good Friday accords. Don't even think about it," she said.

"This isn't for us an issue or an agreement. It's a value," she added. -- https://euobserver.com/foreign/144688

So, there you go, in your brexit world we'd have no deal with the EU, or the USA.... But at least brexit MEPs will no longer be paid for shitting over everything (oops, no, they'll still get their EU pensions..)