white English speakers only, please!
problem with the border issue is, iâve obviously been following it closely since the referendum campaign and weâve been given lots of assurances that it wonât change but without any actual explanation as to how. they just say âoh donât be silly, the Common Travel Area has existed since the 1920s long before the EUâ and shut the discussion down with accusations of scaremongering. but the Common Travel Area worked when neither country was a member of the EU, and it worked when both countries were members - but weâve never had a one-in-one-out scenario before which massively complicates how an open border might work. now theyâve finally come up with a solution and itâs just âtreat the Republic of Ireland like an extension of the UK and ask them to tighten their immigration controls for our benefitâ.
of course retaining free movement solves everything but that would be too simple wouldnât it
