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Exactly. What really blew my mind was that even after the referendum when the NI border issue was inescapable, Theresa May did that deal with the DUP.
Then inevitably, when she agreed regulatory alignment on the island in principle with the EU and Eire, Arlene Foster was able to veto it and that became the impasse for years until a new Government was formed.
She could have formed a minority government or a cross party Brexit alliance as suggested at the time, but instead she thought it better to be beholden to the DUP during negotiations involving the NI border. All for the sake of 10 seats to claim a majority after her shit awful GE campaign.
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Sorry to be a “snowflake” here, but could you guys stop using Eire to describe Ireland or the ROI? It’s inaccurate and continues to be used deliberately by conservative types who refuse to recognise Irish independence or whatever other petty reasons they choose to use it. Goes back to 1937 and has a history of misuse. Also, the correct spelling is Éire, eire having a very different meaning in the language.
Murakami
I remember back in 2015/16 talking to people about Brexit and bringing up the ROI/NI/GB border issue and no one aside from other people from Ireland had heard it mentioned prior. Still think it's utterly baffling how little coverage it got until it was too late.