Boris Johnson visits Northern Ireland amid furious row over post-Brexit checks on goods

Boris Johnson is in Northern Ireland today amid a furious row over the impact of Brexit on the country. The Prime minister was told to  to ‘stand up for Northern Ireland’ and ditch the ‘intolerable’ Protocol governing Irish Sea trade post-Brexit by DUP leader Arlene Foster. Extra checks on goods passing through Northern Ireland’s ports from … Read more

Boris Johnson slammed over his ‘fantasy’ Northern Ireland bridge plan

Boris Johnson’s plan to build a bridge or a tunnel connecting Northern Ireland and Scotland has been slammed by critics as a ‘fantasy’.  The Prime Minister has launched an official review to look at how to improve Union transport connectivity, with a fixed Irish Sea link the headline proposal.  The PM has allocated £20million to … Read more

Lord Frost swipes at EU motives for Northern Ireland row

Stop sulking! Lord Frost swipes that EU is fuelling Northern Ireland row because it is still bitter about Brexit Lord Frost suggested link between NI row and ‘ill-will’ over UK leaving the EU Cabinet Office minister defended UK’s unilateral extension of grace periods Fears rising about sectarian tensions in the province caused by the protocol   … Read more

Lord Frost swipes at EU motives for Northern Ireland row

Stop sulking! Lord Frost swipes that EU is fuelling Northern Ireland row because it is still bitter about Brexit Lord Frost suggested link between NI row and ‘ill-will’ over UK leaving the EU Cabinet Office minister defended UK’s unilateral extension of grace periods Fears rising about sectarian tensions in the province caused by the protocol   … Read more

Ministers accuse EU of stoking fight over Northern Ireland protocol

Ministers have accused the EU of stoking the row over the Northern Ireland protocol because they are jealous of the UK’s vaccine rollout. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng linked the increasingly bitter row over the Brexit divorce terms to the contrasting performance on jabs. He suggested that European politicians were ‘playing politics’ to distract attention from … Read more

Ministers accuse EU of stoking fight over Northern Ireland protocol

Ministers have accused the EU of stoking the row over the Northern Ireland protocol because they are jealous of the UK’s vaccine rollout. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng linked the increasingly bitter row over the Brexit divorce terms to the contrasting performance on jabs. He suggested that European politicians were ‘playing politics’ to distract attention from … Read more

Ex-Guardian boss hits out at IRA editor Roy Greenslade who ‘should have been frank about beliefs’

By Jack Elsom and James Robinson for MailOnline  A former Fleet Street editor last night sparked further outrage by attempting to defend his comments about his secret long-standing support for the IRA. The erstwhile Guardian columnist today claimed he did ‘nothing more than scores of journalists who keep political views to themselves’ in sympathising with … Read more

Ex-Guardian boss hits out at IRA editor Roy Greenslade who ‘should have been frank about beliefs’

By Jack Elsom and James Robinson for MailOnline  A former Fleet Street editor last night sparked further outrage by attempting to defend his comments about his secret long-standing support for the IRA. The erstwhile Guardian columnist today claimed he did ‘nothing more than scores of journalists who keep political views to themselves’ in sympathising with … Read more