• JAMES Annett asks “From a purely economic point of view would it not make more sense for the Republic of Ireland to rejoin the United Kingdom”? (A United Ireland in all but name, Letters online).

From a purely economic point of view would it not make more sense if the United Kingdom simply remains as a full member of the European Union?

Or we could compromise and stay in the European Economic Area and rejoin the European Free Trade Association – the so-called Norway option.

RICHARD ROSSER
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