Brexit Borderlands

A forgotten hinterland with a dark past: explore the EU's newest land frontier, Britain's oldest problem and Brexit's biggest obstacle

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Keeping the Peace The legacy of the Irish Border and how Brexit threatens 20 years of peace
 
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The History of the Border From Plantation to Brexit: Centuries of conflict to the return of peace
 

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There are two fundamental obstacles in the way of a united Ireland: the question of national identity and the question of how a united Ireland could ever be funded. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Stephen Collins: Stop the dangerous guff about a united Ireland
Everything about Northern Ireland in the countdown to October 31st ha almost reduced to – a single word: Backstop. Photograph: Getty Images Unsettled Northern Ireland, the place nobody quite understands
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: he said he wanted an end to the Northern Assembly’s designation system where members must declare themselves ‘unionist’, ‘nationalist’ or ‘other’ Newton Emerson: The Irish Government is clearly pondering changes to powersharing
BBC NI has been running a series of Spotlight specials on the history of the past 50 years. Every episode brings new and unsettling evidence of what individuals and groups did. Yet no matter how many memories and impressions and reputations are challenged it remains the case that each side continues to champion their own. Photograph: Pacemaker Alex Kane: Mutual distrust continues to dog the North
Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson waves as he speaks in the House of Commons in London on Monday. Photograph: UK parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit/AFP via Getty Images Fintan O’Toole: Tories must grasp the profound stupidity of their approach to the North
Claire McAree: ‘There is a shortage of people on this island who know anything at all about tariffs. It’s a minefield. It could be problematic. But we’ll cope.’ Business digs in under the shadow of no-deal Brexit

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