Backstops and hard borders

[Yorkie62]

And the choice is to do similar at 208 crossing points (more than there are along the EU' entire eastern border and on the US / Canada border combined, or to reintroduce the concrete road blocks.

And what was the primary purpose of those concrete road blocks....to stop the illegal shipment of terrorist arms from North to South. They had nothing to do with commercial trade. Or are you saying that the illegal shipment of terrorist arms is still a problem that we have to deal with in Ireland

[Old Greg]

And what was the primary purpose of those concrete road blocks....to stop the illegal shipment of terrorist arms from North to South. They had nothing to do with commercial trade. Or are you saying that the illegal shipment of terrorist arms is still a problem that we have to deal with in Ireland

The blocks would have a new purpose to make the number of crossing points for goods manageable. How else do you propose that 208 crossing points between the SM and CU and a third country are managed, considering all the tariff and non-tariff barriers that the UK is creating by leaving?

[Old Greg]

No, this is most definitely not true. Go through the Swiss border in a car and, depending on where you cross, it is seamless. At the worst they'll ask for your passport and sell you a motorway ticket.

Go through in a truck and it is a very different proposition.

Maybe Yorkie would like to comment on the Swiss border and border infrastructure.

[original PM]

No, this is most definitely not true. Go through the Swiss border in a car and, depending on where you cross, it is seamless. At the worst they'll ask for your passport and sell you a motorway ticket.

Go through in a truck and it is a very different proposition.

Is it possible to move a few miles either side of the motorway and cross the boarder with no one stopping you?

[Old Greg]

Is it possible to move a few miles either side of the motorway and cross the boarder with no one stopping you?

With a consignment of goods or as an individual?

[BlasterBates]

The new Democratic led US congress might be pressuring the UK, by blocking a UK-US trade deal in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Irish-American congressman intervenes on Brexit

Looks like the N.Korea option is the way out of this.

[Old Greg]

The new Democratic led US congress might be pressuring the UK, by blocking a UK-US trade deal in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Irish-American congressman intervenes on Brexit

Looks like the N.Korea option is the way out of this.

...supported by her exiled children in America and by gallant allies in Europe...

[meridian]

Is it possible to move a few miles either side of the motorway and cross the boarder with no one stopping you?

With a consignment of goods or as an individual?

Move a few miles either side of the motorway in Switzerland and you're deep in the mountainous woods. It's unlikely that someone will stop you, but also equally unlikely that you will be driving a truck.

But even taking the question at face value - is it possible to drive a consignment of goods into Switzerland clandestinely? Probably. Would you want to do it more than once (i.e. is it a viable business model)? Not if you want your sphincter to stay the same size, prison does strange things to a man.

[Yorkie62]

Move a few miles either side of the motorway in Switzerland and you're deep in the mountainous woods. It's unlikely that someone will stop you, but also equally unlikely that you will be driving a truck.

But even taking the question at face value - is it possible to drive a consignment of goods into Switzerland clandestinely? Probably. Would you want to do it more than once (i.e. is it a viable business model)? Not if you want your sphincter to stay the same size, prison does strange things to a man.

Are you suggestion that Swiss prisons have a policy of infringing ones human rights and are systematically abusive. And people think Saudi Arabia is bad!

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[meridian]

Are you suggestion that Swiss prisons have a policy of infringing ones human rights and are systematically abusive. And people think Saudi Arabia is bad!

All sorts of things happen in prisons, including UK ones. Do you also think the UK has such a policy?