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UK plans to float thousands of generators in Irish Sea
| Private Government documents revealed that leaving the EU with no deal would put into doubt energy on the island of Ireland, the Financial Times revealed.
At the moment, the North shares an energy market with the Republic, thanks to the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998.
And ministers hope that can continue after we leave.
| But if there were no deal, the Republic could cut off power to the north because it would not be part of the European market.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6755166/ministers-plan-to-float-thousands-of-generators-in-the-irish-sea-in-case-of-no-deal-brexit-to-make-sure-northern-ireland-doesnt-lose-power/
| Stupid British, generators don't float!
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| LIGHTS could go out in Northern Ireland under worst-case-scenario plans for no deal, emergency proposals have revealed.
Thousands of electricity generators could have to be dragged back from places as far away as Afghanistan if talks break down, because of an old agreement with the Republic of Ireland.
Electricity could be at risk in Northern Ireland if there's no Brexit deal