- Mon May 03, 2021 4:22 pm
#1521
Yeah. There was never an IRA threat here. Possibly a few dissidents, but for the most part the commentary from Nationalists and Republicans was that it was an act of self-laceration from Britain and it would be destructive socially and economically to reinstate a hard border. Sinn Féin weren't going to interrupt Britain whilst they aimed carefully at both feet
Specific threats are coming from somewhere over how this worked out, though Kate is doing her level best to ignore that.
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