Tbh, the amount of trade that goes from Norn Irn to the south is so small that it isn't really worth bothering about. Its the EU,s problem rather than a British one.
Bringing it to the mainland and then sending it back across to the South would probably solve the issue with the taxpayer picking up a relatively small tab for doing so.
Ive always thought it to be a red herring. If they want to solve it they will do so at the very last minute. If they think they can use it to collapse the Brexit process, they will do that and blame May for it.
If we are building a bridge to Norn Ireland can we build it from Essex please ?
Only 2 viable solutions. Northern Ireland becomes a separate state, not part of UK, or a rigid, expensive border needs setting up. They managed it in Germany for 40 odd years....
Nah. There is already a border there for various purposes, but its invisible for political reasons. They just need to come up with a form of words which means the border also includes the extra things it needs to include, but this will be in theory only, the same as it is now.
It has always been as porous as a sponge and always will be, regardless of bits of paper produced in Brussels, Westminster, or anywhere else.
Its a red herring.