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The answer to this question dates back to 2019. Theresa May's government rejected the current solution, a border in the Irish Sea, and instead proposed a "backstop" that would keep the entire UK aligned with EU rules until a better solution could be found.
That proposal was soundly rejected by the UK Parliament, with both Tory and opposition MPs ...
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The problem is the Brexit Trilemma.
From Wikipedia:
Following the Brexit referendum, the first May government decided that
not only should the United Kingdom leave the European Union but also
that it should leave the European Union Customs Union and the European
Single Market. This meant that a customs and regulatory border would
arise between the UK and ...
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The argument appears to boil down to: the situation under the current Protocol is unsustainable, the British government feels that it would be entitled to invoke Article 16 of the Protocol, allowing it to unilaterally take action, but would prefer to proceed bilaterally with the EU to come to an agreement which both sides can be satisfied with.
The ...
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Brexit recreated/uncovered problems which the EU membership of Ireland and the UK had allowed to recede. If there are no hard borders, then people and goods can travel from the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland (NI), from there to the Republic of Ireland (RoI), and from there to the rest of the EU.
The Brexiteers wanted to "take back control" of ...
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