The Democratic Unionist Party has no legal power to hold up the trade deal, which would simplify post-Brexit trad rules. But a rejection could sabotage efforts to restart Northern Ireland’s government. https://nyti.ms/3Y7bFOJ
Britain’s new populist Brexit Party was on course to win the country’s European Parliament elections, further roiling the already turbulent politics of a country polarized over failed efforts to leave the European Union. https://nyti.ms/2HWAW93
Brexit: cross-party talks to restart as Tories step up efforts to oust May https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/22/brexit-cross-party-talks-to-restart-as-tories-step-up-efforts-to-oust-may?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1555970062
The skirmishes in Parliament highlight how Theresa May's efforts to bury party divisions over Brexit have instead inflamed them https://on.wsj.com/2urLGGO
