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<p>Northern Ireland will have a ,hard Brexit&#8216; as any other part of the UK and, at the same time, be subject to a ,regulatory alignment&#8216; with the Republic of Ireland and, hence, the EU. Such is the elegance of this solution, that one might be tempted to mistake it for a genuine policy innovation. In fact, using a made up name for something that you are already doing and calling it ‘new’ has a long pedigree and has been used aplenty. </p>