UK Conservative Party minister David Davis
Pty poor David Davis, who has been made Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union without, apparently, knowing the Republic of Ireland exists.
Appearing on Sky News’ Murnaghan programme to discuss the possibility of Scotland remaining in the EU while the rest of the United Kingdom leaves, Davis told viewers that “one of our really challenging issues . . . will be the internal border we have with southern Ireland“.
….”we are not going to go about creating other internal borders inside the United Kingdom”
Gulp.
The Brexit minister David Davis thinks the Republic of Ireland is part of the UK (New Statesman)
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How very dare he…
The Tories always had a soft spot for ehh spot for Republic of Ireland.
Namely about a mile under the atlantic ocean.
Is it at all possible he was talking about the border internal to (the island of) Ireland?
Still, “Southern Ireland” is incorrect.
I think it’s just a figure of speech.
I believe he’s talking about building a wall around Cork and Kerry.
Not the worst idea.
It’s clear what he’s saying this is a pointless post
Well…the “Republic of Ireland” isn’t the name of the country either…
Isn’t it? Is there some sort of geographical secret you would like to share?
Ref: Constitution of Ireland/Bunreacht na hEiréann
The state
Article 4
The name of the state is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland Act, 1948.
2.-It is hereby declared that the description of the State shall be the Republic of Ireland.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1948/act/22/section/2/enacted/en/html#zza22y1948s2
And you can split hairs about whether description and name mean the same thing or not, but the fact of the matter is that people call it the Republic of Ireland so that’s what it’s called.
It’s a political term, not a geographical one.
And its no secret, it’s right there in the constitution, article 4 I think.
Tbf until recently he wasn’t aware that the other countries in the EU could not legally negotiate individual free trade agreements with the UK.
He’s an interesting chap, Davis (for example he resign as shadow home secretary & sat a bye-election on intrusion into civil liberties) but it doesn’t appear that a grasp of detail is his thing
Wonder how differently the last decade would have played out if he had beaten Cameron to be Tory leader.
Are you assuming DD would have become PM or not?
Hmmm… I can’t imagine DD lasting long with the Lib Dems in a coalition, or even getting through the initial coalition negotiations easily.
Ah come on, we all know they never left Ireland. MI5 have been running the place for years, quietly promoting the biggest gobshi*es and yes men into positions of power. And it wasn’t that hard either, just blackmail a circle of pedophiles (in the Gardai, the church, Fine Gael and the IRA) Then give a few crooks (Fianna Fáil supporters) off-shore accounts in the Isle of Man or the Cayman Islands and occasionally expose them if they get notions. Then cultivate some rugger-buggers in the banks….a few hookers on international weekends and as much Heineken as they can swill usually does the trick et voila you now own Ireland….Oh I nearly forgot to mention the embedded Journalists….well you know who they are..
You completely overestimate the competence of MI5. Their record is actually appalling.
They couldn’t be relied upon to run a piss-up in a brewery, let alone bribe some podgy FF’ers into acquiescence.
Bribing ffers sounds likevit would be easier than most things
Agreed but I wouldn’t rate MI5 capable even of that