Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:25 pm
#1571593
nallen wrote:romille wrote:nallen wrote:All this shipment of cheap English booze can be stopped, of course, by a hard border and customs checks when the Scots take back control...
As the UK government is working very hard to avoid a reintroduction of a hard border on the Island of Ireland, I can hardly see them introducing one in Great Britain.
I couldn't find a tongue-in-cheek emoticon: my point was that an independent Scotland could impose the border controls...
(Opinions differ as to exactly how hard HMG is working on the Irish border issue -- somewhere between not very hard at all, and could barely give a toss, as far as I can see.)
Even the threat of a reintroduction of the hard border on Ireland would have a negative impact on the economy of Northern Ireland and would reinforce the Republican call for a united Ireland. Remembering that TM and her government are dependent on the DUP to carry on it's parliamentary business I just don't see that situation arising.
Staying out for the summer!