BILL CLINTON has hit out at the UK’s handling of the ongoing Brexit negotiations for creating “tremendous uncertainty” in Northern Ireland.
Bill Clinton tells Prime Time it is a 'miracle' that Good Friday Agreement survived Brexit
04/04/2023
In an interview to be broadcast on RTÉ's Prime Time, former US President Bill Clinton and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak the impact Brexit has had on the Good Friday Agreement.
Boris Johnson is facing a growing rebellion among senior Conservatives over his controversial Internal Market Bill - while former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major urged MPs to reject it, saying it risked putting the Irish peace process, trade negotiations and the UK's integrity at peril.
Ex-Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged MPs to reject the "shameful" attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
Border Communities Against Brexit have issued a statement on the progression of the Protocol Bill. The campaigning organisation believe that the new UK Prime Minister will override any amendments made in the House of Lords. They also believe that those promoting this Bill need to be honest about the consequences flowing from it, as thousands of jobs are at risk.
Border protesters to tell Boris Johnson to ‘back off’ plans to derail Northern Ireland Protocol
13/11/2021
A series of demonstrations will be held along the Border next week telling UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to "back off" on plans to trigger Article 16.
Former PM in four-letter tirade against Sunak’s new Brexit deal.
Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPs.
Boris Johnson bid to tear up Northern Ireland deal endangers peace, US congressmen warn [1 min]
15/06/2022
Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland have come under fierce attack from Washington, with senior congressmen on both sides of the US political divide warning the “irresponsible” move is a threat to peace in the province.
Boris Johnson is not only willing to risk peace in Northern Ireland – he's destroying a US trade deal too
15/08/2019
On the 21st anniversary of the Omagh bombing, the prime minister's brinkmanship over a no-deal Brexit manages to be both morally indefensible and utterly stupid.
Boris Johnson must drop 'disturbing' Brexit plan or risk US trade deal, Congress members warn
16/09/2020
Remarks come as foreign secretary Dominic Raab visits Washington for meetings with senior US politicians.
Bloc leaders say UK must fully implement post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.
Johnson and prominent members of his ruling Conservative Party have publicly called for the scrapping or radical overhaul of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Boris Johnson risks G7 becoming damage limitation exercise after Joe Biden Northern Ireland rebuke
10/06/2021
Boris Johnson is scrambling to avoid his big G7 Summit from sliding into a damage limitation exercise.
Democratic candidate had warned trade deal was dependent on respecting EU Brexit deal.
PM risks major confrontation with Joe Biden by persevering with internal market bill.
Boris Johnson victory at next election would be ‘disaster’ for Tories and Britain, says former party chair
21/06/2022
Under current PM, government is not Conservative but English Nationalist, says Chris Patten.
Boris Johnson Warned By US Senator That Trade Deal Will Have 'Tough' Time Passing Congress
16/07/2019
"There is bipartisan consensus against blowing up the Good Friday agreement."
Boris Johnson warned he will damage relations with Biden if he breaches Northern Ireland agreement over food shortages
13/01/2021
Boris Johnson has been warned he is on a fresh collision course with Joe Biden, after threatening to break another Brexit agreement.
Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns
28/06/2022
Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns.
Boris Johnson's Brexit plans draw backlash outside England, threatening unity of the U.K.
02/08/2019
New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s big tour of the U.K. saw him booed by EU supporters in Wales and heckled by nationalists in Scotland. Northern Ireland’s fractious parties then told him that his Brexit plans were reopening old wounds.
The PM’s greatest ‘untruth’ was about the Northern Irish border – the honest route now is to let voters choose where it should be
UK proposals "do not match even remotely" Northern Irish backstop plan, says steering group.
Downing Street beats a hasty retreat after leak shows backsliding on Good Friday Agreement pledges. / There is near-unanimous political outrage in Ireland over a leaked British government plan to throw up a “buffer zone” with customs posts on the Irish border. Parties across the political spectrum branded it “out of the question”.
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.