From a blatantly biased article at the BBC:
Leo Varadkar restated his commitment to an open border in Ireland with free movement of people and frictionless trade, with no tariffs and no checks.
Sounds excellent, but wait...
He added: "We don't want Ireland to become a back door to the single market in the event of a hard Brexit."
Isn't that more or less the opposite of the first statement? Or at least, near the other end of a continuum between 'free trade' and 'hard border'? Or what? The more you try and read it in context, the more ambiguous it becomes. Is it OK for the I/NI border to be a 'back door' if there is a 'soft' Brexit, in which case, how 'soft'?
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I think he means between EU citizens and goods. I don't think he means in other cases. However he could mean something else.
He's a bureaucrat. All bureaucrats - when the shit hits the fan - always lie. Ergo, he's lying. It's what bureaucrats are best at.
LF, that's another possible.
L, a lie is a statement which is untrue. What he said could mean anything.
An army of chlorinated Unionist chickens will come stomping over the bridge at Drogheda and force themselves down the throats of the terrified Fenians. The horror of it will make Cromwell's activities look like a Sunday School outing.
Phys, "because chlorinated chicken". Nonsense on stilts, but one of the best political slogans of the Remain campaign.
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