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So. Your proof of it always being the governments stance is an article in a newspaper apparently quoting an unknown cabinet member. Not really proof at all...

11am this morning on this thread. I think you even replied to the post. If I really need to explain that to you then you really don’t understand the issue and it’s probably best you duck out of this one.

You saying it’s the governments position is not answering the question. When have the government said it was their position? If we end up with a hard border it won’t be irrelevant and the PSNI wants to prepare for it. They have half the numbers now that they had in the troubles, many border...

Because some goods were cheaper through the black market either side of the border so cross border smuggling was big business. Before the 70’s also. When did the government say that we aren’t going to enforce a border.

Why would laxley have been offered bail? He broke a court order and pleaded guilty to it so went straight to prison. If he’d have pleaded not guilty he would have been bailed pending trial.

You really don’t read anything. I said sort the border out and that will shape the trade deal. Somehow you’ve twisted that into the exact opposite of what I said.

When have they stated that? They seem to be ignoring the issue as the PSNI boss has pointed out publicly. Colditz style borders? I think you’re trying to dramatise it a tad there. The PSNI are planning on policing it though. Like I said in the 70’s the black market was big business. I can’t see...

Not sure where you’re getting that from. The PSNI already has a plan for recruiting hundreds of officers, opening police stations etc. along the border in the event of a hard border. We’ll certainly be enforcing it. The black market was big business back in the 70’s and the police will have to...

The old UKIP line again. You’ve lost the argument. Just to remind you brexit stands for Britain leaving the EU not the EU excluding Britain. By the very definition that puts the onus on us to sort it out. We voted for this, we chose this problem yet you won’t us to shirk the responsibility of...

You’ve just proved again that you’ve missed the point. I don’t need to make anything out, I just have to let you keep talking.

The DUP is a bigger threat to sorting the Irish border than any other party involved in brexit.

You’re still spectacularly missing it. In fact you’re further away now than you were at the beginning. Try putting the horse before the cart. If the Union means anything to you, if the Northern Irish economy means anything to you, if the people of Northern Ireland mean anything to you, if the...

The Irish border is more than trade though. Many people in the North work in the South and vice versa so it’s also about freedom of movement. The island of Ireland also shares an electricity grid so it’s about services, the people that work in the south get paid in another currency to their...

A trade deal could add to the problem. That’s what you’re spectacularly failing to understand. You talk about it being as hard or easy as you want. Think about that. You have the DUP making it as hard as possible and holding the government to ransom on it. You have people like Davis, Rees Mogg...

It’s about surrealism. It’s more than fancy dress. I guess it’s one of those things you either get or you don’t. I still say you’re dead inside. What’s that Russian wife of yours slipping in your tea ;)

Did you fall into a coma at the end of the 60’s and only just come around? The Irish border is anything but simple. Both Ireland and the U.K. being in the EU is the only thing that has been keeping it simple. We’re leaving, that’s the complication and it’s far more historical and personal than...

You’re dead inside Otis. It’s the only explanation:)

Interesting that they’re doing it on the hush hush this time. Normally they’ve been telling us on the steps of court that it’s wrong and they’ll appeal blah blah blah. I was starting to think that maybe they wouldn’t appeal, should have known better. I can only assume that they don’t want to...

I went to see Sarah Millican at the weekend and have to say it was the performance of an artist at the top of their game. Brilliant is an understatement. Best stand up I’ve watched live by a country mile.

Johny Vegas was on favourite sketches last night and picked this one from Vic and Bob. Always thought that they were two of the funniest guys on TV myself