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Denzil_DC

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5. Well, yes, I do.

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 7, 2018, 04:51 PM

Dec 2018

The North also has an inevitably physically porous border with the Irish Republic no matter what regulations are in place, short of installing armed guards in every field and back road and beach (and certain living rooms and pubs, if my memory serves me well).

So even if it was a sensible proposal, which is obviously isn't, it's a non-starter.

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