Is it a coincidence that when defenders of the indefensible find themselves painted into corners they invariably go for the throat and turn these discussions into slanging matches - sure it is!!
Mention bribes to terrorist-linked parties - no response
Raise the question of the long term damage that has been done - no response   
Detrimental effect on industry, wages, standards of living..... the same.
A new three-way stalemate was announced yesterday regarding the Irish involvement in all this.
Liam Fox has announced that the matter of the Irish Border cannot be discussed until the E.U. trade deal is resolved
Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that Ireland will veto any deal that does not guarantee open inland Irish borders.
Arlene Foster, whose party, thanks to a billion pound bribe, has announced that her party will never accept the establishment of a sea border between the Six Counties and mainland Britain.
A fine mess they have got us into - eh what!!
Jim Carroll