A proposal for the resolution of the Irish border re: Brexit

Give Northern Ireland back to the Irish. It's only ever been trouble.

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  • England and Wales will survive Brexit. Northern Ireland might not with the way things are going...

    In the run up to the referendum it was difficult to determine how Northern Ireland would vote. There were times when I wondered whether Northern Ireland should not be included in the referendum, or a second referendum held in Northern Ireland if its electorate was larger than the winning margin from the mainland.

    When the results were coming through there was a clear Protestant / Unionist and Catholic / Republican split to the vote. The only significant exception was North Down but then that's demographically similar to Surrey!

    The problem is further complicated by both the Conservatives and UKIP uncompromisingly hell bent on maintaining the Union at almost any costs.

    A possible solution would be to split the UK into two countries - England with Wales as its dominion and Scotland with Northern Ireland as its dominion. The first leaves the EU but the second remains in the EU.

  • How would you see the UK surviving Brexit, especially a no-deal Brexit? 

  • As I previously stated, Brexit might end up breaking the UK apart.

    I have thought about if Scotland became independent then Northern Ireland should be thrown in as a freebie. After all, most Unionists in Northern Ireland are Scottish in origin.

  • By catch doesn't exist. There is only catch. 

    Regardless of your intent, what is in your net is catch. 

    Typically, sea bass feed very close to shore during the summer (in the surf!), only moving into deeper water in winter. 

    However, if a species reaches a critical situation where the only safe catch is ZERO, then yes, for the good of the wider fishery, it has to be a total fishing ban in that area. It's the only thing that'll work. Anything else is a tragedy of the commons. 

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  • By catch doesn't exist. There is only catch. 

    Regardless of your intent, what is in your net is catch. 

    Typically, sea bass feed very close to shore during the summer (in the surf!), only moving into deeper water in winter. 

    However, if a species reaches a critical situation where the only safe catch is ZERO, then yes, for the good of the wider fishery, it has to be a total fishing ban in that area. It's the only thing that'll work. Anything else is a tragedy of the commons. 

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