The Irish certainly didn't want a hard Border and nobody has suggested they did
British politicians didn't care one way or another, they never have
All the Brexiters wanted was to get out at any cost; the Border never became an issue until circumstances made is one
If a hard border had not been a possibility nobody woulde have bothered raising it
The Irish were well aware that if it had been necessary, Irish interests would be sacrificed - it's happened before - a lot
It was the Brits who created a border in the first place, using the threat of war - "sign in three days or else"
Jim Carroll