Deal or no deal, we are about to enter a phase of Brexit where technology must be de-ridiculed. Only technology can make it possible to leave the backstop and maintain that standard, short of a Brexit so soft it is politically inconceivable. If there is a no-deal Brexit, ironically bought about by the backstop, the Republic will have to put up a hard border or accept an internal EU sea border or some combination of both. Borderlands A special investigation on Brexit & the Border Read More‘Maximum facilitation’London’s latest wobble over the backstop demonstrates how excruciating this will be. The most effective use of technology in securing the Border will be in intelligence-led operations against the smugglers who have always exploited it.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2019 05:00 UTC