Northern Ireland will not go back, pray God.”While peace has endured, Northern Ireland has been without a functioning government since the Democratic Unionist Party, which formed half of a power-sharing government, walked out a year ago over a post-Brexit trade dispute. Biden met briefly before his speech with the leaders of the DUP and Northern Ireland’s four other main political parties. Such things don’t go unnoticed in Northern Ireland. Sunak said he and Biden had a “very good discussion” about investment in Northern Ireland, along with foreign policy issues. Northern Ireland’s political crisis stems, in part, from Brexit.

Source: The Herald April 13, 2023 11:28 UTC