So, that’s a no then?
Earlier we had the report that the UK would be seeking to move their frontline immigration controls to Ireland’s airports and ports in a bid to stop Ireland becoming a back door into Britain post-Brexit.
The idea is to prevent the reintroduction of a hard border between the north and south of Ireland which would probably be in violation of the Good Friday Agreement anyway.
Such a controversial topic was always going to invoke a strong reaction online, and a lot of people seem to be reacting to the news in the same way…
This Brexit Britain border is in Ireland suggestion suggests that 100y on the UK establishment STILL doesn't see Ireland as a real country
— brian lucey https://mastodon.social/@brianlucey (@brianmlucey) October 10, 2016
Although some did see the irony of it all…
So – if Ireland does become UK's border – you will simultaneously enter AND leave the EU on landing in Dublin.
Flan O'Brien-esque.— Joe O'Shea (@josefoshea) October 9, 2016
There’s the age-old problem…
Ireland likes nothing better than the UK gov telling us what to do with the border. https://t.co/eJ74akCVSo
— Simon McGarr @Tupp_ed@mastodon.ie (@Tupp_Ed) October 9, 2016
Everyone shocked by the UK seeking to move border into Ireland should at 1st consider whether our pathetic quisling Gov suggested it #vinb
— Minister for Spuds at the Dept of Bacon & Cabbage (@FCTwenteBenson) October 9, 2016
They want to move the border back to Ireland? Did we not have a war, a civil war and seventy-odd years of civil unrest over this already?
— Mary (@marty82) October 10, 2016
So we are moving the border to the Irish Sea, reuniting Ireland and annexing the Sudetenland. https://t.co/91pUzxHLE9
— Susan Parker (@SParkerGGG) October 10, 2016
Totally not going to happen. The people of Ireland will not be acting as the UK's global border police … #Brexit https://t.co/6vJHH8YeIn
— Rosh Mallaghan Covid hasn't vanished; keep safe! (@roshbeth) October 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/DoireannNiG/status/785236808808402944
Now the UK wants Ireland to police its borders for it: that'll go down well. https://t.co/9JeCLAq5I8
— Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) October 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/stephenac91/status/785391013229654016
You couldn't have UK border control in Ireland. The queues would be 800 years long.
— ⏪ Jim Daly ⏩ (@psneeze) October 10, 2016
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