矛盾的是，欧盟委员会和英国强硬退欧派都有可能接受这一主岛的结果，除非后者拒绝接受主岛和北爱尔兰之间的边境。
Paradoxically, both the European Commission and hardline Brexiteers could agree on this outcome for mainland Britain, except that the latter refuse to accept a border between the mainland and Northern Ireland.