Ireland weighing in on the Brexit customs union debate, an article on SpaceX’s successful rocket launch and discussion on a new DNA discovery have got you talking today.
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Brexit: Irish government urges UK to abandon its red lines and remain in customs union - Politics live
Readers have been discussing the latest in Brexit negotiations in our politics live blog.
‘The UK government is incapable of responding in any meaningful way’
The Irish government can beg all it likes but the UK government is incapable of responding in any meaningful way. Today’s stories tell it like it is. The government doesn’t know what it wants because it can’t make up its mind, but even if it could, it has made such a hash of preparing for the exit, it couldn’t implement it anyway! There has never been a government like it. So divided, so corrupt, so inept. It doesn’t have a mandate, it doesn’t have a majority, it ought not be in office.
DrSHWilkinson
‘What a mess Brexit is becoming’
One can only hope that hard border with the Republic of Ireland won’t lead to the Troubles scenario again. What a mess Brexit is becoming, exactly as it was predicted well before the referendum.
Classobssessedfreak
SpaceX oddity: how Elon Musk sent a car towards Mars
After Falcon Heavy’s successful launch into space,you’ve been sharing your thoughts.
‘An amazing accomplishment’
An amazing accomplishment. I wonder how many of the armchair critics below have made major advances in science and technology? How many have devoted all their financial resources to making a dream come true? Elon Musk puts his money where his mouth is. The critics just grumble and open another beer.
offgridcanadian
First modern Britons had ‘dark to black’ skin, Cheddar Man DNA analysis reveals
The story about a groundbreaking DNA analysis of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton has got readers talking.
‘Once we realise we all came from Africa maybe we could try being nice to each other’
Everyone in this country is either an immigrant or the descendant of an immigrant. There is no such thing as a “British” human. We all came from Africa and arrived here at different times. Once we realise this then maybe we could try being nice to each other.
finbaar
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