It’s the will of the people

[Old Greg]

Indeed the troubles in Ireland were resolved because being in the EU single market made the Irish border issue irrelevant.

Umm, you forgot power sharing, dissolution of RUC etc. etc.

[meridian]

I though we were discussing a border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, not Britain.

Just chipping in to ensure that we all know what we're discussing here...

My bad, using Britain as shorthand for “the U.K.”.

Read it as the UK’s border on the island of Ireland.

[darmstadt]

"An organized Irish America will fight to maintain the integrity of the Good Friday Agreement and ensure that there is no hard border in Ireland. It will disrupt attempts by Washington to engage in any trade deals with London. In doing so, they will protect the international treaty that was facilitated by the Clinton administration which brought peace to Ireland after thirty years of devastation and destruction".

Irish America'''s powerful role to play in Brexit

[Old Greg]

I though we were discussing a border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, not Britain.

Just chipping in to ensure that we all know what we're discussing here...

Britain | Synonyms of Britain by Lexico Thesaurus

[BlasterBates]

Umm, you forgot power sharing, dissolution of RUC etc. etc.

Yes but those followed on. There's no power sharing at the moment, but I think that is less of a threat than a Hard Brexit.

[NotAllThere]

My bad, using Britain as shorthand for “the U.K.”.

Read it as the UK’s border on the island of Ireland.

Not your bad at all. The Guardian and Telegraph using Britain as a synonym for the UK. Other's use it as a synonym for Great Britain which is just the island. I think the former makes more sense, since you'll have a British passport issued to you, even if you live on the Isle of Wight - or NI.

[Platypus]

The point is that the Irish border wil close in 95 days or so in case of no deal brexit and the troubles will start again

Edit: the conversation has since moved on, rendering my comment pointless and some Dutch fella wrong.

[Zigenare]

Not your bad at all. The Guardian and Telegraph using Britain as a synonym for the UK. Other's use it as a synonym for Great Britain which is just the island. I think the former makes more sense, since you'll have a British passport issued to you, even if you live on the Isle of Wight - or NI.

He didn't say "British", he said "Britain's".

[meridian]

Not your bad at all. The Guardian and Telegraph using Britain as a synonym for the UK. Other's use it as a synonym for Great Britain which is just the island. I think the former makes more sense, since you'll have a British passport issued to you, even if you live on the Isle of Wight - or NI.

U.K. passport to cover the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Which I guess only proves the point about it being colloquially known as British.

If you ask certain people in Northern Ireland what they are, they would reply “British”, not “United Kingdomers”. Again, proving the point I guess.

[Zigenare]

U.K. passport to cover the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Which I guess only proves the point about it being colloquially known as British.

If you ask certain people in Northern Ireland what they are, they would reply “British”, not “United Kingdomers”. Again, proving the point I guess.

Again, you mentioned "Britain", not "British". One of them is a place, the other one, however you might wish it to be, ain't.