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Well you said you were calling it a day several replies ago and kept going. I'm merely saying that although nationalists might act on incorrect perceptions of the GFA, they shouldn't, and the perceptions can be fixed, just as Brexiters'...
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"Whether a hard-border is violation of the letter of GFA is not relevant; people's perceptions are, and wishing things were otherwise is futile." Amazing. I've acknowledged perceptions and the peace process from my first comment. Perceptions can be changed, that's...
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If by "irrelevant" you mean "unimportant", it can be as important as you want, it is not "relevant" to a discussion about Brexit, because the European Union and Council of Europe are completely different things....
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1) You went on to say an invisible or frictionless border was implied. It wasn't. 2) I noticed the larger point about the "spirit" and public anger and discussed that, noting that both sides can do it. The parties to...
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Support or oppose the ECHR as you like, this is a blog post about Brexit, isn't it?...
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Sorry, but I think "committed to partnership, equality and mutual respect as the basis of relationships" somehow implying a lack of a hard border would essentially mean that any decision that any side in NI does not like could be...
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"by leaving the customs union they are free to diverge from EU standards and ditch both European Court oversight and the ECHR. Which AIUI are baked into the GFA — the EU is the guarantor." Although my point was about...
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I'm a Northern Irishman who voted Remain. I don't want a new recession. Please tell me why you think a hard border violates the Good Friday Agreement. Non-devolved matters are not subject to North-South cooperation (North-South Ministerial Council), and that...

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Bill Arnold commented on That sinking feeling
I don't know who did this (mit url), but the "Active Summoning Curve" yellow warning triangle is nice. http://web.mit.edu/~ternus/Public/Public_old/laundry.pdf Demetria's list, oh my. Every (spell) item listed is personal and selfish. it made me wonder what would happen if spellcaster tried to fix Brexit. Now that at least is larger in desired scale of change, and potentially (depending on investments etc) less selfish....
Elderly Cynic commented on That sinking feeling
That is why the extreme right are trying to split Labour....
Trottelreiner commented on That sinking feeling
Nice, though the curve reminds me of polytene chromosomes somewhat. Actually, I wonder if Dho-Nha curves are a special case of elliptic curves Or a L-system like the dragon curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_curve or a space-time-filling curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve...
Greg Tingey commented on That sinking feeling
ERC @ 879 Bollocks I know a stout member of my local Labour party, as well as a nodding acquaintance with my MP ( I know her mother better ) ... And it's "Momentum" ( Militant under another name ) who are trying to either split the party, or alternatively drive all the Social Democrats out. Momentum are acively trying to deselect an MP with a majority of over 20 000, because she is not ideologically pure ......
Pigeon commented on That sinking feeling
I think both are true... The internal dissension you cite is certainly real, although it seems to me that both sides are similarly culpable, if the displays of Labour MPs bitching at other Labour MPs in public that I've come across are any indication. MP 1: "You're damaging the Labour party..." MP 2: "No, you're damaging the Labour party..." (me: FFS YOU'RE BOTH DAMAGING THE LABOUR PARTY CARRYING ON LIKE THIS, JUST PACK IT IN ALREADY [twitches wing against side]) And the far right are trying to foment dissent against Corbyn with this antisemitism bollocks, partly because they want to...

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