The World Trade Organization (WTO) has shot down a key Brexit scare story, confirming there is “nothing” in their rules which would require a so-called “hard” border between EU Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland following a “No Deal” Brexit.
Nigel Dodds, who leads Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the British Parliament, has warned that Theresa May’s “Brexit in name only” deal risks “the break up of the United Kingdom”.
Northern Irish MP Sammy Wilson has said the Prime Minister has “torn up” her Brexit promises and said the EU was using the Irish border issue to cut off the province from the rest of the UK. The comments to
Theresa May had a warning shot fired across her bows Monday night as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) members of Parliament abstained from key votes on the Finance Bill, the legislation which permits the government’s programme of taxation from the budget.
Prominent Conservative Boris Johnson has again given his verdict on the Brexit process, breaking his silence to attack it as a betrayal that would relegate Britain to accepting colonial rule.
The Prime Minister has betrayed Brexit, and is subjecting the United Kingdom to political slavery at the hands of Brussels Brexiteers have said as the details of the Prime Minister’s ‘Brexit’ deal leaked to Irish media Tuesday afternoon.
The European Union is demanding it retain control of Britain’s ravaged fisheries as the price of approving Theresa May’s plan to keep the country in the EU Customs Union, according to reports.
The European Union’s (EU) chief Brexit negotiator has said there can be no “time limit” on the UK staying locked in the bloc’s Customs Union if a trade deal is not struck before the end of the “transition period.”
The Brexit-supporting Northern Irish party propping up Theresa May’s minority government has rejected concessions to the European Union (EU) which could have left Brits subject to EU judges for years.
The supposedly all-important ‘soft’ border between the Republic of Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland is being exploited by dangerous criminals, gangsters, and illegal migrants, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Veteran statesman Lord David Trimble has rebuked Irish leader Leo Varadkar for “riding roughshod” over the peace process in Ulster, and seeking to turn the British province of Northern Ireland into an “EU protectorate”.
The Brexit secretary has said a deal is expected to be finalised with the European Union (EU) in just three weeks’ time.
Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar has been slammed by British unionist politicians in Northern Ireland for using a photograph of an IRA bombing as Brexit leverage.
Tory MPs from both the Brexiteer and EU loyalist wings of the Tory Party are turning on Theresa May over her “chaotic” mismanagement of negotiations with the bloc.
The former commander of American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan warned Friday that the United States’ military cooperation with the U.K. could be threatened by the growing use of human rights laws to target British soldiers.
The Irish government has suggested Theresa May is willing to commit Britain to open-ended ‘backstop’ membership of the EU’s Customs Union, according to the BBC.
Talks between Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and EU negotiator Michel Barnier have broken down, and ministers and civil servants have been told to have preparations for a ‘No Deal’ Brexit ready within weeks.
The Christian couple that recently won a Supreme Court free speech victory in the “gay cake” controversy are urging their fellow Christians to “take their stand for the word of God.”
Leading Brexiteer Boris Johnson, widely seen as the Brexit wing of the Tory Party’s greatest hope to oust Theresa May and take control of the Brexit negotiations, has warned implementing her proposed deal with the EU would be Britain’s “greatest national humiliation since Suez”.
The Northern Irish party propping up Theresa May’s minority government has threatened to vote down the budget if she breaches its “red lines” on the Irish border in the Brexit talks.
The UK’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of Northern Irish Christian bakers who declined to bake and decorate a cake with a pro-gay marriage message, with owners heralding the decision as a victory for free speech.
A large majority of Northern Irish Brexiteers believe delivering Brexit is more important than potentially jeopardising the peace process in the divided province.
The small Northern Ireland pro-unionist party that Theresa May relies on to sustain her minority government has made clear it would support Boris Johnson as the next Prime Minister, with the party leader praising the former foreign secretary for his “positive” views on Brexit.
Syrian migrant children who access services in both the Republic of Ireland and Ulster in the United Kingdom could be disadvantaged by a full, no-deal Brexit, the Irish Examiner has claimed.
Ex-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has launched his most scathing attack on Theresa May, her Remainer-dominated government, and its Brexit strategy to date, saying she has “wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution and handed the detonator to Michel Barnier.”
EU lead negotiator Michel Barnier has holed Theresa May’s ultra-soft Brexit plan below the waterline, rejecting her proposal — seen as a major concession by Brexiteers — for Britain to collect customs duties on the EU’s behalf.
Most British voters believe technology can be used to keep the Irish border open after Brexit, and more than 60 percent say Brexit talks are moving too slowly, a new poll has revealed.
Polls show that just 22 percent of Northern Irish people support breaking with Brexit Britain and joining with EU Ireland — a heavy blow to Remainers who have used issues around the Province to argue that the Government should halt or reconsider the public’s decision to leave the bloc.
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Supreme Court on Thursday criticized Northern Ireland’s strict anti-abortion laws but dismissed a legal challenge. A majority of the court decided that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, which initiated the case, did not have the
The United Kingdom’s open border with the Republic of Ireland, which EU loyalists claim is so important that Brexit should be derailed if it cannot be maintained, is being used as a ‘back door’ for illegal migrants.
LONDON (AP) — A British government minister says she wants Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws changed, but won’t impose revisions from London.
The Tory Brexit Secretary is reportedly working on plans with the European Union (EU), which could keep Northern Ireland locked inside the bloc, with a large “buffer zone” on the Irish border to minimize customs checks.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster has slammed pro-Brussels campaigners like Tony Blair and John Major for “using” Northern Ireland politically, as well as those propagating “myths” about a hard border after Brexit.
The Irish Premier called for the UK to remain tied to the European Union’s (EU) Customs Union, as Theresa May prepares new Brexit proposals that she says will keep the bloc happy and the Irish border open.
Theresa May has attacked the leading Brexit-backing Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg in front of other MPs, slamming his support for a clean Brexit, outside the Customs Union with the Irish border open.
Northern Ireland is becoming less and less Protestant and is likely to have a Catholic majority within three years, according to a new analysis of demographic trends in the country.
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Leading Brexit-supporting Jacob Rees-Mogg has argued the European Union (EU) is manipulating the issue of the Irish border in an attempt keep the UK tied to many of its rules and regulations.
Arlene Foster, who leads the Brexit-supporting Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which props up Theresa May’s minority government in Parliament, has slammed Remainers for using the threat of violence in Northern Ireland as a political expedient.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Northern Ireland party that props up the government of British Prime Minister Theresa May insists that European Union proposals to avoid a hard border in Ireland after Brexit are “not acceptable.”
