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> Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom

Sure, but this is somewhere in probability behind "UK destroyed by asteroid impact".

> Scotland making a bid to join the EU

There are persistent rumours that people on the UK side are trying to avoid having any kind of double-no-border situation that would work for NI be also applicable for Scotland. Because during the referendum all sorts of claims about the need for a hard border were made, often by the same people who claim there doesn't now need to be a hard border in Ireland.



>> Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom

> Sure, but this is somewhere in probability behind "UK destroyed by asteroid impact".

Maybe, but Ireland also leaving the EU would be a good and not entirely unpopular solution.


That would take a minimum of two years, so it still wouldn’t work at this point, even if it were not for the fact that recent opinion polls say 92% of RoI wants to stay in the EU: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroscepticism_in_the_Republ...


There was a little appetite for this after the financial crisis, but after this fiasco there is none at all. Especially not to make it easy for the Brits.


>a good and not entirely unpopular solution

Where and for whom?




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