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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Times letters: Brexit and the Northern Ireland border

The Times

Sir, In the game of bluff and double bluff being played in the Brexit negotiations it is easy to lose sight of the iron rule of logic that governs the issue of the Northern Ireland border (“DUP opens door to new Brexit deal for Johnson”, Sep 13). If we leave the single market and the customs union, as we will have to for the Canada-style free trade agreement favoured by Boris Johnson, there will have to be a border somewhere. It can be between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK or between the island of Ireland and the rest of the EU.

The DUP has a perfectly legitimate complaint against the border between Northern Ireland