Graham Norton Explains What The Hell Is Going On With Brexit

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- Graham tries to explain why and how Boris Johnson suspended Parliament and had to get the Queen's permission;
- Talks about a (female) guest he had once who demanded 9 or 10 dressing rooms - one of them just to charge her phone
- Promotes his book, "A Keeper"

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[invisible_cunt]

dating an irishman has educated me so much on irish history and how fucked brexit is, especially for ireland.

[biene]

before the Brexit vote, no one thought about Northern Ireland, no one gave a shit about them
It was only afterwards they seem to realise that it could lead to a hard border and starting trouble over there again.

As a Scot I know we would struggle without the EU but really leaving the EU is gonna fuck NI up badly and I feel bad its basically being forced on them.

[invisible_cunt]

it will cripple ireland's economy since they depend on trade with the UK
he's told me of the food and medical shortages that could results

there's already been fringe rebels inciting violence (see street bomb in dublin, murdered reporter in belfast, etc)

from what he's told me, along with our friend who is dating a guy from belfast (catholic), many of the ni protestants are the ones still against reunification

i legit had no idea that there's a border fence. isn't that hard enough a border?

[biene]

There's technically no border between the Irelands anymore, you can go freely between the two. I'm sure many people work in one country and live in the other thats how easy it is. But before the Good Friday agreement there was a Hard Border which was militarised and that would be the worst thing to happen to NI, if the British Army had to be deployed again because thats were the trouble will stem from.

I still don't think we will get a reunified Ireland anytime soon but the fact there are discussion about it is a big deal. The Loyalists are the problem as they will always want to be part of the UK. The other proposition to the Brexit deal was to have goods go freely between the Irelands and for there to be a border up the Irish Sea between NI and mainland UK, but the DUP and the loyalist wouldn't want this as this creates a divide between NI and mainland UK

[jellycar]

the border's still there, open and graffitied but the security gates and giant peace wall are still all there and you can tell where the split is bc of the union jack flags from the homes near it

actually about the peace wall, it's so weird like tourists get off their buses to sign it now

[jellycar]

yeah same on Irish history, I went to Belfast/Falls rd last weekend and holy shit...

and everyone there is talking about how fucking terrified they are, it's so upsetting. fuck brexit.

[insomniachobs]

It's scary how blithely people seem to have forgotten what it was like and assumed that it won't rear its head again. People born when the Good Friday Agreement was signed are only just in their 20s. We do not have that much distance.

[invisible_cunt]

my historical education of ireland growing up in canada is mainly comprised of the wave of immigration we have here from the famine, and why irish culture is so prevalent and influential in the maritimes.

my boyfriend was so surprised when i knew very little about the ira, bloody sunday, troubles, etc and i was like 'babe, we didn't learn that stuff here!" i love how passionate he is and why he's so proud and protective of being irish and continue to ask questions so he can educate me. i also lowkey love his outrage towards the british haha.

[insomniachobs]

It’s the same here in the UK even though the entirety of Ireland was under British rule for so long and NI still is, the way the history’s talked about is so limited. Which is crazy to me given how recently it all was.

Your bf’s low-key outrage is well earned and really in the current circumstances he’s charitable for it only being low key lol

[komnene]

There were people at the time pointing out it was going to be a problem for Ireland but everyone ignored them.

The hubris of thinking you're entitled to make a political decision which risks literally restarting a civil war is breathtaking.

[willywho]

Same. A French woman dating an Irish dude and we live in England....