Like the Irish, we should worry about the border, too

Ireland is fretting about the nature of the border between the republic and the North after Brexit. So should we. I expect it won’t be too long before Ireland wants to leave the EU as well, not simply because of the importance of its trade with the UK, but because the EU is determined to forbid it to operate the 12.5 per cent corporation tax rate that is just about the only thing keeping it economically viable.

It is scaremongering to say a “hard border” would revive terrorism; terrorism in Ireland has never died, and there is no link between it and new border controls.

The problem will be EU nationals from countries with whom we don’t make reciprocal arrangements entering the UK through the Irish/ UK border.

If we don’t want a hard border – and I don’t – we shall just have to become ruthless at tracking illegal immigrants down, and deporting them.