Dr Graham Gudgin is Policy Exchange’s Chief Economic Adviser. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Ulster and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre.
The report suggests that electronic border controls are feasible, and recommends a set of best practice arrangements based on existing arrangements.
A sensible solution is achievable, but unnecessary brinksmanship and over-the-top rhetoric helps nobody.
What is strange about the Irish Government’s approach is its lack of overt support for a free-trade agreement between the UK and the EU.