The Irish protocol.

Who hits Tesco though?

The Uk? ("Not our problem, the EU single market is the EU's problem")

The EU? ("Bloody EU telling us what to do, go away, this is the UK! Your laws and courts don't apply here").

That is absolutely what the loophole is in that.

Nobody trusts the UK and that lack of trust has been earned...ask any Unionist.

So you want to open another route for contraband?

Interesting.

But alas Downcow, the methods are important. Sometimes you roll the dice and push for more and you end up with nothing....is that a gamble you want to take just so the UVF scumbags poisoning your community can get their supply chains back in order and you can wave a mini Union Jack and shout Rule Britannia?

I'll give you a clue, if you want someone to do you a favour (and let's be clear, that's what you're asking for, NI has precisely nothing to offer in return here), threats and belligerence (while ironically accusing those who are following the rules your government signed you up to of belligerence)....well that doesn't engender much in the ways of goodwill.

Generations of Unionist veto have made your lot forget what compromise and negotiation actually look like. You spent generations doing whatever the hell you wanted and don't understand why when you stamp your foot like a petulant child, people don't do what you say any more. It's quite sad really.

It used, to, quite a lot; as a member, the UK was signally poor at enforcing EU rules on imports of goods from third countries. They were constantly being fined for failing to collect customs duties, or letting in shipments that ought not to have been let in.

Which of course creates a certain climate when an egregiously dishonest and untrustworthy UK government offers "trust us!" as the basis for its operation of the EU external border in NI.

Seriously, if the UK government wanted to construct a deal with the EU based on mutual trust, it would have behaved very different for the past five years. It has worked with impressive single-mindedness to reduce trust. A strategy for remedying perceived defects in the NI Protocol which relies on the EU simply trusting the UK, when the UK takes no steps to build trust, is hard to take seriously.

Again, it's indicative of Westminster's disdain and disregard for NI. They can't be arsed to come up with a credible strategy for addressing NI concerns.

Maybe if downcow would ask his neighbour if he has any bulls for sale before traipsing all the way to Scotland or wherever to find out?

Would that help? 😁

Has this been reported here? 37% of people from Great Britain are indifferent to Irish unification, 30% support Irish unification and only 11% opposing it. This attitude by the British helped in the creation of the NIP. More people on both Ireland and Great Britain support Irish unification than don't.

So only 11% of British want to retain the North and you're suprised it is that high. Meanwhile nearly 66% of people in the south support irish unification. I think we all know how it will end but how long it takes is the question.

You paint a sad picture of the apartheid city with its loyalist and republican areas. Btw English football fans like Chelsea supporters don't have marching bands, this "culture" that they were subjected to probably gives them more reason to think that these people are different to us.

The TCA agreement between the UK and the EU is not tenable without these checks.

Which scenario do you believe Westminster will find the easier to swallow and sell to the largest majority?

(1) Checks between the extremely large landmass of GB and the small periphery territory to its West that will impact heavily on those GB-based companies doing business with a market of ~1.9m people?

(2) No trade agreement between the UK and EU that will impact heavily on any UK-based company doing business with a market of ~447m people?

There are really 2 types of fans. The ones whinging about the prod band are fans of chelsea global brand company football club, not a clue about the club other than the recent billionaires play thing.

The others are the real chelsea supporters, they were there before the russian takeover and they will be there when the go to **** again. They will also support rangers and Linfield to a lesser degree (and all the shitebag right whinge guff that comes with it).