Brexit has faded quickly as an issue in Ireland, giving way to concerns about the housing shortage, rising rents and growing homelessness. For all his success as a diplomat, voters fault Mr. Varadkar for failing to confront these and other domestic woes. nyti.ms
Jo Johnson, who has always been on the more pragmatic and pro-European wing of the Conservative Party, had been growing increasingly uncomfortable in his brother’s government as it swung more forcefully in the direction of a no-deal Brexit. nyti.ms
The newly formed Brexit Party has emerged as a factor in a by-election in eastern England, reflecting growing frustration over the U.K.’s delay in leaving the EU on.wsj.com
