Brexit and the Irish border - BBC Newsnight

How do we solve the issue of the Irish border and Brexit? Evan Davis takes a look

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[pandhalt]

It's not the Irish border, it's the British border in Ireland.

[AneesaHa]

Simple answer add Northern Ireland make it again one whole country

[zapfanzapfan]

The English really shot themselves in the foot on this one... United Ireland and an independent Scotland is coming.

[stuartpaul]

It's delightfully ironic that Ireland is preventing britain from getting home rule. Karma!

[lite]

Britian has never understood Ireland, the border was drawn up by looking at a map, without knowing how it would affect people on both sides. There will never be peace in Ireland for as long as the unionists claim that their rights are more significant than the nationalists.

[tomhayes]

an update in 2021....Ireland up until this year, the UK's most profitable European customer, now has a balance of trade surplus...£2bn in lost EU trade, a border in the Irish to brexit,

[RebelofIreland]

Hands up Brexiteers which one of your kids you will send to man the border when the IRA start up again?

[matthewmcnerlin]

United Ireland is coming :) Haha Ulster Scot. Dying breed, Unionism is dying a slow death :)

[eimearkeaveney]

Give Ireland back to the Irish, don’t make us have to take it back 🇨🇮🇨🇮

[themaggattack]

The North Channel and the Irish Sea are the true border. 26+6=1

[lexi-et]

A United Ireland Is Coming Fast... LIKE It Or Not But We Have Waited Long Enough🇮🇪

[christophercrowley]

It's surely a British border on Ireland, Ireland's border is the sea

[steiraman]

Especially since the whole Northern Ireland voted to remain, and the percentage of people in Ireland supporting the EU is at about 70-80% which is one of the highest values in the EU.

If there is a hard Brexit, the UK has to decide wheater the hard boarder is in between Northrn ireland and teh Rep. of Ireland OR in between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. Noth would violate the Good Friday agreement and the latter would violate the alliance between the Torys and the DUP in Westminster.

[Dodge]

It would be good for Ireland to be more economically independent of Britain.

[geroffmilan]

It's surely ridiculous for people who really wanted Brexit - all 10 of them, plus Cambridge Anakytica's customers - to expect the Irish either to give a damn what they desire, or to assist with their neurotic, nationalistic self-destruction. But it's equally unsurprising given how self-interested their position is.
Yes I voted "remain".
Now I'm leaving soon as I can; there's no way I'm enduring the consequences of others' stupidity any more than I have to

[danielskomp]

Ireland’s border is the Sea surrounding it. The foul remnant of partition, is a vile British border.

[zavi]

The UK needs to commit to a withdrawal timetable, after 800 years of interference in Ireland it's time for the Brits to get out!

[johnrandle]

Yes but the agreement was THE PROTOCOL so this is what was agreed let's hope the UK backs off it has no right to change what as been agreed?

[ozlakota]

maybe the brits sould just move to texas an help trump build his wall

[MichaelScott]

Hes an ulster scot who shows his Irish passport when he goes on holiday.