At least you will get uptodate news, not like the fake news from some quarters here ...

Trump in an interview with the Sun today (presumably with somebody from the page 3 department): "I'm just saying I think he would be a great prime minister," Trump said. "I think he's got what it takes, and I think he's got the right attitude to be a great prime minister."


Not to mention the hair... This is after going along with the Infowars line on his hostess' approach to Brexit.

Wow -- forget about Trump (we know he lies most of the time), we now have to make a call on the relative veracity of The Sun and The Daily Caller. I'd say they're both crap, but give the benefit of the doubt to those who actually have the recorded interview.

Wow -- forget about Trump (we know he lies most of the time), we now have to make a call on the relative veracity of The Sun and The Daily Caller. I'd say they're both crap, but give the benefit of the doubt to those who actually have the recorded interview.

Since President Trump actually has the recorded interview, that makes bearish the pusher of fake news.

so cuch, what do you propose for the north-south border in ireland?

I can think of several options:
(a) Eire rejoins the UK. The majority in Eire don't want that
(b) Ulster joins Eire. The majority in Ulster don't want that
(c) the UK stays in the EU. The majority in the UK don't want that

(d) The Six Countries remain in EU economic region. + the border in the Irish Sea.

Article VI created a customs union, with the exception that customs duties on certain British and Irish goods passing between the two countries would remain for 10 years (a consequence of having trade depressed by the ongoing war with revolutionary France).

(d) The Six Countries remain in EU economic region. + the border in the Irish Sea.

What exactly does that mean?
The EU has external tariffs. Would tariffs be levied on goods moving from England/Scotland/Wales to Northern Ireland?
The answer is either "yes" or "no"

If "yes", then Northern Ireland would no longer be part of the United Kingdom customs union, which was a key part of the 1800 Act of Union

Article VI created a customs union, with the exception that customs duties on certain British and Irish goods passing between the two countries would remain for 10 years (a consequence of having trade depressed by the ongoing war with revolutionary France).

 
This would substantially weaken the ties between northern ireland and the rest of the UK and the majority in northern ireland would not agree to it

If "no" then the rest of the UK would de facto belong to the EU customs union because with no border between northern ireland and eire goods could be shipped from england to northern ireland and then on to eire duty free.

Some very skillful politicians and diplomats manufactured 20+ years of relative peace in Northern Ireland. One of David Cameron's legacies looks to be the end of that. 
Depends what you mean by "an end to that".  If it means a return to murdering people, the fault lies with the people doing it, nobody else.

Do you still use the word 'Eire' over there?  How quaint. The official state name is "Ireland".

Do you still use the word 'Eire' over there?  How quaint. The official state name is "Ireland".

The Irish passport uses Eire too.

Some very skillful politicians and diplomats manufactured 20+ years of relative peace in Northern Ireland. One of David Cameron's legacies looks to be the end of that.

Depends what you mean by "an end to that".  If it means a return to murdering people, the fault lies with the people doing it, nobody else.

Some very skillful politicians and diplomats manufactured 20+ years of relative peace in Northern Ireland. One of David Cameron's legacies looks to be the end of that.

Depends what you mean by "an end to that".  If it means a return to murdering people, the fault lies with the people doing it, nobody else.

The business of war is killing people. There is a credible argument that many people on both sides of that particular conflict perceived themselves as being at war, and that the Belfast Agreement brought an end to that war. Or, at least a long lasting truce. Now maybe, just maybe, people have got used to the idea of not killing each other as being normal, but I wouldn't want to bet too much on it.