This Politico article from 2 and a half years ago may as well have been written today describing UK governments unilateral threats to break international law, political instability in Westminster, and breakdown in government in Northern Ireland.
This Politico article from 2 and a half years ago may as well have been written today describing UK governments unilateral threats to break international law, political instability in Westminster, and breakdown in government in Northern Ireland.
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Once upon a time, Dublin might have settled for a Brexit fudge. But events in Westminster since the referendum have steadily destroyed trust between the capitals.
British Prime Minister **Boris Johnson’s demand to change the Brexit deal, negotiated over two years by his predecessor Theresa May and the remaining 27 EU countries**, has only hardened Dublin’s commitment to it.
**Britain’s approach to the negotiations, exacerbated by a tumultuous political landscape in Westminster, and the breakdown of government in Northern Ireland, have soured relations, eroding the good faith that underpinned peace talks in the 1990s**. As trust has trickled away, so too has the appetite to accommodate the shifting U.K. position, uniting Ireland’s political class behind their red lines.
Yep, they’re at it again. Just like they have been all along.
Perfidious Albion. They have been this way for centuries.