Finally, The Penny Drops!

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/eu-leaders-have-accepted-uk-is-leaving-without-a-deal-11778386
So will they just let no deal happen or start negotiating?

[ichkeria]

The Ireland situation Danny has this far stymied Brexit.
Unless the Brutish government accepts the compromise which it itself effectively demanded and negotiated (the sensible third option I have alas discounted) there are two options: Brexit doesn’t happen somehow or the UK simply breaks away. And the latter option will inevitably cause a hard border in Ireland eventually as much as anything as an increasingly isolationist UK seeks to close the immigration “back door” via the republic.
I can’t see the UK of GB and N Ireland as it now exists surviving that

[jno]

Brutish government indeed...

[ichkeria]

Lol that was a typo honest ...

[bainbrig]

“ Even so the cops ought to be better at picking up those with false or no proof of identity when here.”

Yes, a pity East Europeans aren’t black, then we could pick ‘em out easier.

[Ellipsis]

> they are nominated by a small group within the European Council and then formally elected by the European Parliament

And my point was, that all sounds rather like how Boris Johnson became our Prime Minister. Nominated by Tory MPs and elected by Tory Party members.

[Old_Geezer]

There was no compromise there was an alternative ridiculous suggestion that no sane nation could possibly accept. As always the ball is in the EU court.