Britain moved ahead on Monday with plans to scuttle the post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland, risking a clash with the European Union, a rift with neighboring Ireland, and tensions with the United States. nyti.ms
Britain moved ahead on Monday with plans to scuttle the post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland, risking a clash with the European Union, a rift with neighboring Ireland, and tensions with the United States. nyti.ms
Brexit, which loyalists in Northern Ireland say is driving a wedge between them and the rest of the United Kingdom, has inflamed sectarian passions to a degree unseen in decades. Some fear an explosion in violence during the marching season in July. nyti.ms
“You had a Brexit that took no account of the wishes of people in Scotland or Northern Ireland,” said a former Irish ambassador to Britain. “But that exists in parallel with a Conservative Party that celebrates the United Kingdom.” nyti.ms
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain vowed to knit together a country split geographically and generationally by the Brexit debate. But the future now seems uncertain, with restiveness in Scotland and Northern Ireland for leaving the United Kingdom. nyti.ms
Many in Northern Ireland — whether they wish to remain in the United Kingdom or unify with Ireland — fear that the new Brexit deal would put the region at an economic disadvantage nyti.ms
Many in Northern Ireland — whether they wish to remain in the United Kingdom or unify with Ireland — fear that the new Brexit deal would put the region at an economic disadvantage nyti.ms
Many in Northern Ireland — whether they wish to remain in the United Kingdom or unify with Ireland — fear that the new Brexit deal would put the region at an economic disadvantage nyti.ms
Ireland, an independent nation that will remain a part of the European Union; and Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom, which is set to leave the bloc — are fundamentally affected by Brexit. What do both want? nyti.ms
“It’s a matter of principle. We are a party that is for a United Ireland, for Irish independence,” said the president of Sinn Fein, Mary Lou McDonald, defending its refusal to use its seven votes in Parliament to oppose Brexit nyti.ms
“The question on the ballot paper did not ask us to choose between a hard or soft Brexit, a Canadian or a Norway-plus deal, or a deal that would separate Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom." theneweuropean.co.uk
“We should have a Bank Holiday on the 23rd of June, Brexit day, and we should celebrate that in all four corners of the United Kingdom,” Farage has claimed, ignoring the fact Scotland and Northern Ireland voted Remain: theneweuropean.co.uk t.co