Despite Borders being the enemy, it seems that no one, least of all independent booksellers, seems happy about it.
Cement prices in Gaza have already halved, as merchants release building material they had hoarded onto the market in anticipation of the borders being reopened.
But some of them never made it, because the 9/11 terrorist attacks led to US borders being virtually closed to refugees.
The elections are likely to see Ukip come first in terms of seats as they reap the rewards of a backlash over UK borders being opened to Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants.
I began living in London 70 years ago, but my version of it is still quite small, its borders being roughly the Thames to the south, the North Circular to the north, Islington to the east (with a recent bulge to take in Shoreditch) and Hammersmith to the west.
In a speech to the UN general assembly, Tusk said Europe is confronting challenges it has not seen for decades including wars close to its frontiers, an "unprecedented refugee and migrant crisis" and the "consequences of borders being changed on our continent by force, like in Ukraine".
