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Posts Tagged: Republic of Ireland

Henry Hill: It is past time the Government worked out a British interpretation of the Belfast Agreement

Both the Prime Minister and his predecessor have failed to challenge the green-tinted vision of the treaty offered up by Dublin and its outriders.

By Henry Hill | 17 September 2020 | 127 comments

WATCH: Coveney – Claim that EU would blockade UK shipments to Ulster ‘inflammatory language’

The Irish foreign minister attacks the language deployed by Downing Street as “spin, and not the truth”, speaking instead of ‘limited checks’.

13 September 2020 | 118 comments

Graham Gudgin: Has Johnson kept his promises on Northern Ireland?

The Prime Minister has avoided some of the potential dangers, but nonetheless introduced a border inside the United Kingdom.

By Dr Graham Gudgin | 29 May 2020 | 68 comments

Why it’s too soon to pronounce on the number of people who’ve died in Britain of the Coronavirus

The effectiveness of such Government strategies as the lockdown can only be assessed after a mass of variables are controlled for.

By Charlotte Gill | 23 April 2020 | 99 comments

Andrea Leadsom: The legacy that I’ve left my successor at the Business Department

Our priorities were: tackling global climate change, solving Grand Challenges and making the UK the best place in the world to work and to grow a business.

By Andrea Leadsom MP | 9 March 2020 | 60 comments

Jonathan Caine: It’s time for Sinn Fein to act decisively and leave the IRA behind

It’s deeply disturbing for many that a modern European democracy might shortly be led by a party that continues to have its strategy overseen by an Army Council.

By Lord Caine | 6 March 2020 | 30 comments

Stephen Booth: Checks in the Irish Sea. What they are, why the UK and EU disgree about them – and how they could wreck the talks

For the Protocol to work over the long-term, broad-based political consent for it must be gained then retained.

By Stephen Booth | 18 February 2020 | 41 comments

Smith’s dismissal is Johnson’s second chance to take the Union with Northern Ireland seriously

Grasping this nettle will involve appointing someone prepared to be considerably less popular with sections of the gallery than was their predecessor.

By Henry Hill | 13 February 2020 | 32 comments

Garvan Walshe: Sinn Fein say they want to reassure Unionists. Good luck with that.

As long as their activists call them “colonialists” and candidates glorify the IRA, the idea is as convincing as a Hannukah greeting from Jeremy Corbyn.

By Garvan Walshe | 13 February 2020 | 57 comments

David Shiels: An anti-DUP pact within an anti-Brexit pact is shaping Northern Ireland’s election

The second piece in our new mini-series looks at the strange bedfellows and hard choices for unionists, nationalists, Leavers and Remainers alike.

By David Shiels | 27 November 2019 | 15 comments

WATCH: Varadkar hails “good agreement”

The Taoiseach adds that the deal finalised today “creates a unique solution for Northern Ireland”.

17 October 2019

Stephen Booth: Step by painful step, both sides creep close to agreement over Northern Ireland

There might not be time, but it at least now appears that a UK-EU deal on Brexit is conceivable.

By Stephen Booth | 15 October 2019 | 15 comments

Johnson and Varadkar ‘agreed they could see a pathway to a possible deal’ – official statement

The Prime Minister and Taoiseach met today to try to break the deadlock over the Northern Irish backstop.

10 October 2019 | 161 comments

Henry Hill: Belief that DUP are softening their position raises hopes of Brexit deal

Also: Poll suggests SNP have a mountain to climb on independence; Cameron admits he asked Queen to intervene in 2014; and more.

By Henry Hill | 19 September 2019 | 113 comments

Henry Hill: Tories hope that ‘Boris bounce’ will save them in Brecon and Radnorshire

The Prime Minister’s tour of the United Kingdom sees him square off against nationalists from Sinn Fein, the SNP… and Welsh Labour.

By Henry Hill | 1 August 2019 | 147 comments

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