02-21-2017, 02:37 PM
(02-21-2017, 01:59 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: > Pre and post-Brexit, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic have
> not been for centuries, and continue to not be, the same
> country. There has always been a real border. Even when the UK was
> sort of part of the EU, they did not use the Euro, and you still
> had to show a passport when entering the UK from continental
> Europe and Ireland. Of course, UK citizens got to go through the
> green lane when arriving thus, whereas as an American, I had to go
> through the normal lane.
If that's true, then what do you think Enda Kenny meant?
Also, the UK is sort of part of the EU TODAY. In fact, it actually IS
a part of the EU today, just like Switzerland, which also doesn't use
the euro.