I wonder how the Irish government and people feel this morning?
They have had 4+ years of their economic, political, and if push came to shove, ,military masters - the EU - constantly using them to gain an advantage in the Brexit negotiations declaring clearly and unambiguously that they would never ever allow a hard border in the north of Ireland, all said we now know for certain to try to stop our Brexit.
Then, within a few hours of realising they had fucked up the most important public health issue of the last 100 years, unilaterally declaring a hard border in the north of Ireland. No debate, no discussions, no by-your-leave, nothing. Just an imposition of a hard border. It’s like the GFA doesn’t matter to them.
Dublin - not consulted. Belfast - not consulted. London - not consulted.
They quickly saw the writing on the wall however and rescinded the illegal imposition of a hard border, but we must never forget, when push comes to shove the EU will trample over any and all other parties to get its way. And if that means breaking decades earned goodwill, not to mention international law, not to mention putting British lives in further danger so to do, then so be it.
Just imagine what this vaccine situation would have been like if we hadn’t left this foul, fetid, stinking, undemocratic big boys business club.