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meadowlander

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5. Brexit could result in a hard border for Northern Ireland

Reply to Hulk (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:22 PM

Mar 2019

Which will reignite sectarian violence.

Brexit will also massively disrupt global trade. The UKs economy could shrink by as much as 20%.

And there’s good evidence that Russia was behind the Brexit vote in the same way they were behind Trump’s election.

So I think there are good reasons to care about Brexit but ymmv.

If you have 15 minutes it’s well worth looking up John Oliver’s coverage on YouTube.

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Brexit: Parliament votes to delay, rejects a second referendum for now [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2019 OP

"May's cold steel" Ha ha ha ha ha ha ProfessorPlum Mar 2019 #1

Are we supposed to care? Hulk Mar 2019 #2

Wealthy international people with capital stashed in British Offshore Tax Havens (BOTs), Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #3

Why haven't they? former9thward Mar 2019 #4

The EU stopped waiting, at least as far as corporations are concerned: Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #6

Brexit could result in a hard border for Northern Ireland meadowlander Mar 2019 #5

And a hard border between an independent Scotland, in the EU, Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #7