England 'border controls' fear

[joebloggs]

b4 some start

LEAKED UK Government papers have reawakened fears England would insist on border controls with an independent Scotland.


http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile...0ec574efc7c7c3

so Scotland may have to join the Schengen agreement if applying for EU membership, looks like Hadrian's Wall could be used again

[lastlid]

I am sure there is a checkpoint on the M74 already.... visible on the southbound side, in the vicinity of Gretna.....only half joking....

[Terpe]

Quite a nice shopping outlet nearby too.

[Terpe]

...so Scotland may have to join the Schengen agreement if applying for EU membership, looks like Hadrian's Wall could be used again

Impossible to control land borders.

[Bluebirdjones]

Impossible to control land borders

...the East Germans done a reasonably good job of it !

[Terpe]

Impossible to control land borders

...the East Germans done a reasonably good job of it !

Yes, that's true.
But then again they had Stasi 'shield and sword" informers on every street corner and had a very strict policy of shoot to kill.

[joebloggs]

Yes, that's true.
But then again they had Stasi 'shield and sword" informers on every street corner and had a very strict policy of shoot to kill.

with dedworth in charge not one Scot would make it over the border