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Brexit and special status debate

Summary

Members sparred over animal metaphors, Brexit inevitability, and whether Sinn Féin had from the start supported special status for the North. The exchange was partisan and rhetorical, with no substantive resolution.

The Government will soon run out of animals with which to dehumanise us.

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There are still a few snakes in the grass.

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Remember the crocodile?

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To be fair to the majority of the political class, we acknowledge that Brexit is coming. Sinn Féin seems to be oblivious to that fact.

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Which party said from the start that the North needed special status within the EU? I am glad everyone else got on that page.

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Senator Norris-----

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Denis O'Donovan An Cathaoirleach Fianna Fáil

We should steer away from the wolves and ostriches.

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Sinn Féin would make no provision for a no-deal Brexit.

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That was real leadership.

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