On 18/12/2018 22:51, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:18:35 +0000, Marland wrote:

You as an arrogant Englishman probably hold the view that the Irish are
thick but they actually are not,

True, but they're not doing themselves any favours by stirring things up
against us. We can be 'in the way' as it were between them and europe.

She can carry about 850 TEU which is a lot less than the big ones from
the Far East but heck a of a lot more than you fit on the back of
lorries on a ro ro ferry and she shuttles back and forth regularly and
there are lots more doing it.

No good for perishables, I'm afraid. Ireland's chief export is of course
the potato - and an awful lot of Irish spuds are going to go off during a
long and choppy sea crossing, should they be forced to avoid going
through England.


Potatoes can be stored up to 6 months at least

And are seldom worth exporting.

Ireland exports dairy products mostly, in the food sector.




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