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Tha parliament that couldn't agree on "a position" was a ridiculous clown circus of self important buffoons deluding themselves in long gone imperial greatness while repeatedly and categorically refusing to accept the best possible outcome of the stupid stunt that Brexit was.
This and nothing else was repeatedly voting "against no deal" while refusing any deal offered.
The media playing a big part in it was obvious. Also displaying a great deal of misunderstanding what the EU and what the UK is and isn't.
An alliance of the 27 biggest and most prosperous countries in Europe wasn't going to make any undue concessions to a former member on its way out. Due to its unanimous decision making, the EU would do everything to protect the interests of all of even its smallest members. Therefore, Ireland could easily dictate its demands in regard to the border. Ireland says no hard land border, and at least Northern Ireland must be kept in the customs union. Period.
Unlike British politicians and media tried to sell it, the EU has never been a purely economical project where you can cherry pick whatever part you like and just buy in. It has been a political endeavour from the very start, even before it was called the EU. The whole point of it has been to prevent something like WW2 from ever happening again by close cooperation and mutual dependence between countries. Hence you can't possibly get the economic part of the package without signing up to its political counterpart. You can't get free trade without the freedom of movement.
Regulatory alignment is a necessary (even in purely economic terms) consequence of free trade, by the way, because otherwise someone could unfairly benefit from undercutting the rest in terms of regulations.