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‘Complete lack of trust’ in Boris Johnson as honest broker in Northern Ireland, claims Keir Starmer
09/07/2021
Prime minister not being ‘straight’ about consequences of his Brexit protocol, says Labour leader.
Kosher shortage: Board of Deputies warns of end of Jewish life in Belfast over Northern Ireland Protocol
08/07/2021
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis says a “small, very vulnerable” Jewish community is under threat permanent fix can be found to so-called “sausage war”.
The PM warned that access to kosher food is becoming "difficult", but said there were no plans for any concessions from the UK.
The UK has given the EU a new deadline of two weeks to agree to axe trade checks introduced by the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, or risk unilateral action by London.
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has admitted Brexit has caused "big disruption" in N Ireland.
Northern Ireland: Petrol bombs won't demolish a border in the Irish Sea or turn back the tide of Brexit
24/04/2021
The Protocol has reaffirmed Unionism's worst fears that Northern Ireland is the unwanted child of the British government.
Northern Ireland secretary quizzed for 60 minutes on Boris Johnson's 'broken' Brexit trade promises
13/04/2021
NORTHERN IRELAND SECRETARY Brandon Lewis has been questioned by MPs from the DUP and Labour over Boris Johnson’s previous statements that his Brexit deal would not result in checks between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and how they may have fed into unionist and loyalist frustrations and anger in recent days.
Northern Ireland riots: 88 police officers injured in ‘unacceptable’ violence, says Brandon Lewis
13/04/2021
DUP MP accuses UK government’s Brexit deal of “disrupting peace”.
Northern Ireland customs worker re-homed after threat from loyalist paramilitary group as Brexit tensions rise
30/03/2021
The relocation of the Port of Larne worker and his family is believed to be the first following a death threat from terrorists since 2011
A claim by British secretary of state Brandon Lewis that there is no Irish Sea border does not match the legal reality, the High Court heard today.
Northern Ireland secretary fails to explain legal basis for shelving post-Brexit Irish Sea checks
10/03/2021
‘Is it Article 16? And, if not, which article is he citing?’ Brandon Lewis is asked - as EU prepares legal action
This follows Britain’s move to postpone customs checks on goods entering the North from Britain. / Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and EU commissioner Maros Sefcovic are scheduled to brief the Friends of Ireland caucus on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, amid concern in Washington about Britain’s decision to delay the implementation of a key part of the Brexit agreement.
Brandon Lewis defends NIO meeting with loyalists and insists umbrella group is 'legitimate'
05/03/2021
Brandon Lewis claimed the LCC were not spokespersons for illegal loyalist paramilitaries.
UK announces it will unilaterally change Brexit deal with EU, risking new confrontation with Brussels
04/03/2021
UK to extend grace periods for supermarkets without EU approval.
A much bigger driver of the unity chatter is, of course, Brexit and the out-workings of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol, in particular the Irish sea border that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis denies exists.
‘Some sections of the community are starting to sense they are sitting on a powder keg’
NI secretary 'like emperor with no clothes'
19/01/2021
Stormont's agriculture minister has hit back at a claim by the NI secretary that trade disruption across the Irish Sea is due to Covid-19 and not Brexit.
Marks & Spencer has warned that up to 15% of its food product lines could be unavailable in its Northern Ireland shops in January.
PM on collision course with Joe Biden and EU if he pushes ahead with "lamentable" proposals.