[rsynnott]

Northern Ireland is still saying its goodbyes and looking for its jacket. And even GB is still caught up in hundreds of temporary exemptions and is in many senses operating as part of Europe.

[messe]

NI isn't going anywhere any time soon. There have been no realistic proposals on how to handle the border.

[rsynnott]

Oh, yeah, my intended meaning was that NI is the guest who's making noises about leaving the party but not realistically doing much about it :)

[messe]

Ah fair, I took it as "still there, but on the way out soon enough".