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'Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg admitted to me he didn’t know what the Irish border was' - Bertie Ahern
28/04/2019
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has claimed Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg admitted to him he didn’t know what the Irish border was.
Northern Ireland could be used to smuggle illegal drugs and weapons from the EU into Great Britain after Brexit, police have warned.
"EU Commission paper which he says resolved the Irish border issues ... This claim is false."
25/06/2019
This Johnson surrogate keeps referring to a recent EU Commission paper which he says resolved the Irish border issues. Surprise! This claim is false.
"Lots of requests for a step-by-step explanation of Johnson's plans to breach Protocol on Irish border. No problem." - Michael Dougan
13/09/2020
Lots of requests for a step-by-step explanation of Johnson's plans to breach Protocol on Irish border. / No problem. And by the end, you'll understand why this man is totally unfit to hold public office.
n this episode of #3Blokes In A Pub, Graham and Jason travel to Belfast and are joined by Robert Stephenson on a fact-finding mission to find out what utter chaos Brexit is going to inflict on Northern Ireland and the consequences of a #NoDeal Brexit on both the border with the Republic of Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement.
"Not one of those things he promised us has been delivered. So I have seen no evidence that that man is capable of negotiating his way out of the tea room in the House of Commons, let alone us into the biggest market in the world." - Peter Kyle
The plan has brought some Tory unity, but Brussels believes it is unworkable.
Near one of the scores of small crossings on the border, a yellow digger stands as a monument to the lengths communities went to to keep roads open during the Troubles.
Brexit negotiations "have been difficult" and "no solution has been identified" to the Irish backstop, the European Commission has said.
The Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee has said it will be "very difficult" for Ireland to reconcile its obligations to the EU with protecting the Good Friday Agreement in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
'Get Brexit done is the biggest delusion of all' - Michael Heseltine launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson.
The backstop element of the Brexit plan is "not going to change", Ireland's deputy prime minister has said.
'Not even close': Boris Johnson's Brexit border plan rejected by Ireland before he even announces it
02/10/2019
'It doesn’t look like the basis of an agreement, that’s for sure'.
No-deal scenario would disrupt seamless flow of goods and services between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
'What were they thinking?': No US-UK trade deal if Good Friday Agreement is broken, threatens Pelosi
11/09/2020
Nancy Pelosi has warned the UK there will be "absolutely no chance" of a trade deal with Washington passing Congress should the government override the Brexit withdrawal agreement signed by Boris Johnson.
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Fisheries
Fishing
lough foyle
quotas
review 2017
A disputed Irish-UK territory is one of many fishing problems caused by Brexit
Both Ireland and the UK claim Lough Foyle as their own – so what fishing rules will be implemented after Brexit?
'Do you think it's practical for us *the UK govt* to require/request multiple extensions?' / What does A50 have to say on the possibility of multiple extensions? / 'If you leave with no deal, you are no longer a member of the EU and you're treated as any other non member state.'
Tory minister David Frost proposes plans for an entirely new Northern Ireland Protocol – "trashing" a deal he once triumphed.
Shockwaves felt both sides of Irish divide over plan to renege on withdrawal agreement.
Alternative arrangements to inspections on the border in Ireland cannot be a replacement for the backstop, the Taoiseach has told reporters in Brussels.
Whatever happens with Brexit, it is vital we protect what we’ve achieved in Northern Ireland together. / Peter Hain and Paul Murphy have both served as secretary of state for Northern Ireland