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Britain’s trade chief races to Brussels to avoid ‘Made in Europe’ shutout (www.politico.eu)
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U.K. officials fear that planned industry act could lock British firms out of key European supply chains.

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't the only reason Ireland isn't in Schengen because of the UK?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

Possibly. Common travel area and all that. Although I have gone through an irish-european border checkpoint before, same as in the UK when it was in the EU, it's basically an unstaffed cubicle which scans your passport, face and just lets you through.

I think ireland also opted out of the whole "let's get rid of daylight savings time" thing because the UK wasn't doing it.

I think Ireland adopting the Euro (it used to use Irish pounds, was pegged to GBP) was a bad move though. It's a hassle if you use cash and cross the border with the UK, although easier now due to contactless payments. Also changing their speed limits without the UK doing so.

Ireland has had a weird back-and-forth with aligning with the UK and aligning with the EU. Sometimes they like to be different from the UK, sometimes they like to be united.

They have even had strange signs on the border with the UK instructing drivers to "drive on the left". But now the border is typically just "welcome to county xyz" instead of even acknowledging the change of country. And sometimes it just depends where you are on the border.

Also, Irish road signs are diabolical. They align with no-one. It's a weird mix of USA style signs and european ones. The UK roadsigns are basically consistent with the rest of Europe using the Vienna Convention.