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OnDoutside

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4. Absolutely true. If the DUP weren't holding the balance of power, a deal would have already been

Reply to Myrddin (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 6, 2019, 04:11 AM

Aug 2019

done to put the Customs Border in the Irish Sea. For Brexit to happen, it has always been the most logical solution. The Conservative and Unionist Party have always paid lip service to the Ulster Unionists, because of political expediency. I think all this is hastening the day of the breakup of the UK, if not this time, then soon enough. This has dropped the mask of English Nationalism, which will make it impossible to repair.

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Brexit: Why the Irish backstop matters [View all] OnDoutside Aug 2019 OP

This shit gets real there. hunter Aug 2019 #1

Yep. The problem that Powell didn't mention though is that if Johnson cuts the DUP loose, and offers OnDoutside Aug 2019 #2

And this scenario was pointed out... Myrddin Aug 2019 #3

Absolutely true. If the DUP weren't holding the balance of power, a deal would have already been OnDoutside Aug 2019 #4