‘There will be consequences’: No US trade deal if Boris Johnson reneges on Brexit agreement, Congressman warns
08/09/2020
‘I can’t believe that any side would be acting in such a cavalier way when we're talking about a fragile peace in the North of Ireland’
‘Not even remotely acceptable’: European parliament says it will veto Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan
03/10/2019
Parliament Brexit chief says proposal is ‘mainly a repackaging of the bad ideas that have already been floated in the past’.
European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.
‘It would be Brexit part 2’: Why the Tories think another European referendum could save them
30/06/2023
The issue that is most worrying Tory MPs this week is small boats. “We’d be in the same club as Russia and Belarus,” says one minister. “It’s not a good idea.” It’s also the case that the ECHR is integral to the Good Friday Agreement. Such a move could lead to resignations.
‘If the UK moves forward with this Internal Market Bill… there will be no US-UK trade deal – period’ – Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle [3 mins]
09/11/2020
We spoke to Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle, who sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which is responsible for international trade agreements.
Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Anglo-Irish relations had gone from strength to strength. But then came Brexit.
As Belfast reels after another night of violence on its streets, this bloodshed feels darkly reminiscent of the Troubles. Claire McNeilly reports.
Republican sentiment is rising over fears that Brexit will tank the economy, but Northern Ireland’s unionists won’t go quietly.
Why would anyone trust Brexit Britain again?
24/07/2021
Just seven months after singing its praises, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to rewrite the Brexit deal he signed with the European Union.
There is an air of desperation in attacks from those on the right and their supporters in the press. They fear if Johnson falls, the Brexit deception will crumble too.
Fresh from scandals and an attempted ousting, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest plan is to tear up key parts of a post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland he made himself less than three years ago.
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.
What happens if we have no deal?
15/10/2020
Mr Johnson told his cabinet this week that leaving the EU without a deal should hold “no fear” for Britain, but was he right?
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned that Brussels will not give in to threats and blackmail, as the furious row over the Northern Irish border took a step closer towards a trade war.
We unionists who foresaw that Brexit would cause problems at the Northern Ireland border were ignored
14/05/2022
'I keep hearing my fellow unionists complaining that their anger over the existence of the Northern Ireland Protocol is not being recognised or taken seriously.'
Leaving without deciding what kind of relationship we want with the EU will simply prolong the agony.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes aim at UK over stance on Northern Ireland protocol.
Academics hold up Brexit as an example of the dangers of voting on an abstract concept.
Dominic Raab faces backlash over Irish border and attempts to leave EU on own terms.
Richard Neal says US is a ‘guarantor’ of agreement and will not see it compromised.
US president Joe Biden’s extraordinary intervention on Northern Ireland is ‘significant’ - Taoiseach Micheál Martin
10/06/2021
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the intervention from US President Joe Biden on the row over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit position was “significant”. / President Biden ordered US officials to issue Boris Johnson with an extraordinary diplomatic rebuke for imperilling the Northern Ireland peace process over Brexit.
Move shows Capitol Hill supports peace process and opposes anything threatening it.
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.
A bipartisan US congressional delegation is due to meet Irish premier Micheal Martin in Dublin.
Influential delegation likely to underline Biden’s commitment to defending Good Friday agreement and US role as a guarantor.