Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland victory rings hollow
The Prime Minister has merely resolved problems created by his own party.
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The Prime Minister has merely resolved problems created by his own party.
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The King is trying to repair the damage that successive Tory governments have done to the UK’s global standing and…
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3 April 1998: Peace talks are reaching a conclusion, but can nationalist and unionist leaders persuade their supporters to accept…
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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak lack the idealism and vision that enabled the Northern Ireland peace deal 25 years ago.
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The Brighton bomb killed five people but failed to hit its target, Margaret Thatcher.
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Boris Johnson’s best efforts failed to bring down the Windsor Framework.
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The leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
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The momentum is now with those who want a close relationship between the UK and the EU.
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The DUP and Brexiteer rebellion against the Prime Minister’s EU deal seems like it will be minimal.
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The Windsor framework represents unambiguous progress, and could clear the way for power-sharing to resume in Northern Ireland.
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As supermarkets ration salad, the Environment Secretary suggests Britons turn to turnips. But even that is a distant dream.
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The PM’s Northern Ireland triumph won’t be enough in the face of deep domestic discord.
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The “Windsor framework” may restore the UK’s reputation. Whether the PM sees any electoral benefit is another matter.
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If the Prime Minister is forced to rely on Labour votes it will be a major blow to his authority.
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The Prime Minister should threaten to remove the whip from those Tories who vote against a deal on Northern Ireland.
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The Labour leader’s five “missions” were dismissed by many, but Starmer is undoubtedly improving the party’s electability.
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There’s one way to end the stalemate over Northern Ireland.
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There is no point in Rishi Sunak trying to appease the unappeasable over the Northern Ireland protocol.
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Labour wants a closer relationship with the EU, so it makes sense to get that now while casting Brexiteers as…
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The fury of Brexiteers and unionists at compromise only makes Labour look more like the grown-ups in the room.
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