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Tommie I would have assumed, without question that your initial statement that rest of GB trade was the most important market for NI was correct until I picked up the following references from a site assemblyresearchmatters.org.. The situation is a little more nuanced than that. In 2016...

And since Tommie is Irish... Though he may wish to deny it... The phonically Gaelic would be "gurrah Miley . Wat agut....". Meaning Have a thousand good things happen to you.

Tommie, I think you maybe seriously misunderstooding the relationship between the RoI and the rest of the EU. The Irish government is not a stalking horse for the EU . Rather the irish government went on a offensive when Brexit referendum was passed and impressed on its 26 colleagues the...

Tommie, I hope you are not that simple! Hard border, no agriculture north south, no financial services, no energy market, no money from London to keep NI services going, no european flights from Ryan air , no enterprise express to dublin, 27 versus 1 RoI badly hurt, rest of Europe slightly...

And of course says Mr Barnier," if you are prepared to pay your sub for the next year and also write an irrevocable letter of intent to leave at the end of next year, well you can wear the jacket for the year, use up the supplies of that rare vintage whiskey, and continue to enjoy the prawn...

The confidence of UK Brexit negotiators is legendary. It is only exceeded by the confident ignorance of some British politicians and commentators when discussing the motivations of their fellow UK subjects in NI and their total ignorance of the rest of Ireland. I make that statement in the...

.. so the DUP in the form of sammy and ian wants to scupper any possibility of an agreement on a working border. Remember the RoI has to agree and will be listened to by the other 26 . Now how can this be spun by the Tories? Oh yes ... "Today the UK government has decided to terminate the...

Is it perchance an article floated in the London Times? . The linked article from Reuters is suggesting that it's not quite plain sailing but maybe sufficient to start negotiating upon. I would be inclined to think .. if it were a seriously considered option it would have been tabled months ago.

I am not aware that the irish border problem has been sorted... today's irish papers don't have any such information. What information do you have and from what source. ? As you might expect I have a vested interest here.

I agree with your first point which is why I found it bizarre. It still strikes me as counterproductive at this particular juncture. The reported speech comes across as vexatious and exasperated rather than authoritative.

Different explanation but fundamentally the same as d8veh. All battery cells have an internal resistance. .. the smaller the better. As a cell ages,it loses bits of its active material, and its capacity drops and its internal resistance increases. A 17 ah battery will have more cells in parallel...

I don't agree that it is implementing policy. I am not suggesting that the arrangements could be as frictionless as at present but there are already protocols in place dealing with neighbours with whom one does not share many values.. Turkey is part of NATO. The USA is part of Interpol. It...

That speech strikes me as the first wrong move mr barnier has made. His role as chief negotiator is to implement policy and to bring back proposals. I cannot see where he was empowered to introduce defense and security issues.

There is a simple way of avoiding paying that sum. It may go against the grain but being honest with the British people and publishing the impact reports might help. Then when the actual expected effects are known there would be a groundswell of revulsion against those who lied and blistered...

So what have we now... 1. The irish crisis and potential collapse of government has been averted. The SF plan for a general election thwarted 2. The Germans are working towards a viable government 3. The Catalan elections will take place in December with a probable majority of pro union...

Nobody and I mean nobody, not us, not the NI, not the UK, not the EU , wants a border on the island of Ireland, in the sea between Ireland and england, or between Dover and Calais.. but it could happen. Yes you were told that the UKs position was so strong, that the EU was prepared to sacrifice...

Well that was item 3 on the list. Item 1 was is a fair deal for eu citizens. Item 2 is the little matter of a border.

Unfortunately we don't or shouldn't get to choose . Unless we are prepared to let the obnoxious, ignorant and Nazi have their say and engage in robust counterargument, we forfeit our right to demand equal time for the meek, the informed and the politically correct.

Irrespective of who the speaker is, and how uncomfortable the topic being covered, I am unhappy with students walking out. They should argue their case. University should be a place where ideas are debated not shouted down or a refusal to engage. I don't say this lightly , but there have been...