Joe Biden in UK: President of America will tell Boris Johnson not to threaten North Ireland peace in Good Friday Agreement as the pair meet up in Cornwall ahead of G7 summit
10/06/2021
The president of America will tell Boris Johnson not to let the row over Northern Ireland's Brexit arrangements put the Good Friday Agreement at risk as the two meet up in Cornwall ahead of G7 summit on Thursday.
A top European Union official said Wednesday that Britain could face retaliatory tariffs or other sanctions after talks failed to resolve an increasingly heated dispute over implementation of their post-Brexit trade deal in Northern Ireland.
Joe Biden's administration has warned the British government against anything that would put the Northern Ireland peace process at risk.
A senior European Union official has expressed frustration after talks with the U.K. broke up without resolving differences over the implementation of their post-Brexit trade deal in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland was created 100 years ago Monday, but the day passed with little fanfare.
US has ‘no closer ally’ than Britain but must protect Good Friday Agreement, says Blinken
04/05/2021
1998 Good Friday Agreement ‘a historic achievement that we should protect’, says Blinken.
The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens.
Northern Ireland’s first minister has paid the price for believing the promises of the hard Brexiteers.
‘No third country can enjoy the same benefits as an EU member’
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”.
Molotov cocktails and barricades have returned to Northern Ireland. The conflict there is 4 centuries old. But Brexit is the new reason why the situation has reached the boiling point in what had been an era of peace.
Posters demanding “No Irish Sea Border”, “Scrap NI Protocol” and “EU Hands Off Ulster” cover much of the 35-km (20-mile) route, their opposition to the new trading arrangements emphasised by the flying of Britain’s Union Jack flag every few lampposts.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will underscore the importance of the Good Friday Agreement when they meet with Ireland’s prime minister about Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
EU launches legal action against Britain over Northern Ireland and alleged Brexit accord breach
16/03/2021
The European Union launched legal action against Britain on Monday for unilaterally changing trading arrangements for Northern Ireland that Brussels says breach the Brexit divorce deal agreed with London last year.
Move shows Capitol Hill supports peace process and opposes anything threatening it.
The Republic’s EU Affairs Minister has urged Britain not to jeopardise the peace process in its dispute over new trading arrangements with the EU.
One of the greatest political achievements of our time is at risk of becoming a casualty of a Brexit neither country voted for in the first place, writes Emma DeSouza.
Ireland finally has one of its own in the White House. And Joe Biden’s arrival in the Oval Office may well prove pivotal in protecting the Northern Ireland peace process in the face of Brexit — Britain’s inexplicable decision to leave the world’s biggest trading partnership.
BBC presenter demonstrates why Brexit 'fundamentally won't work' in two-and-a-half minute clip [3 mins]
10/12/2020
A BBC presenter has been praised for his two-and-a-half minute explainer of Brexit - in a clip that some viewers said demonstrates why it "fundamentally won't work".