Bookmarked How the Irish backstop emerged as May’s Brexit nemesis
The Irish government started planning for Brexit in 2014, a full 2 years before the UK referendum, and lobbied both EU and Cameron to secure a yes vote. In contrast it seems the UK started debating the impact of Brexit on the Irish border in earnest about two weeks before the 29 March cliff-edge. “Easiest deal in history” and all that.
Ireland was streets ahead of the UK when it came to planning for Britain’s exit
The Guardian