- 10 Apr 2021 11:45
#15165779
It's the presence of the (partial) customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. This was introduced in order to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which would have violated the terms of the Good Friday Agreement which ended the IRA's (and other's) terrorist campaign.
Puffer Fish wrote:Which "protocol" ? Can you clarify for our international members who may be viewing?
It's the presence of the (partial) customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. This was introduced in order to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which would have violated the terms of the Good Friday Agreement which ended the IRA's (and other's) terrorist campaign.
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." - Marx (Groucho)
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