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What to do about the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is emerging as the main sticking point that could prevent talks about Britain's departure from the European Union moving on to the next phase. UK government ministers have suggested technology could enable a 'frictionless border', but the Irish government - with the backing of EU member states - says it is not persuaded by British assurances that a hard border will not return. In Britain, an influential group of MPs says it is not possible to see how the Irish border issue can be resolved. Owen Bennett Jones has been discussing the issue with the British MP, Crispin Blunt, and Radek Sikorski, the former Foreign Minister of Poland.