Power sharing in Northern Ireland collapsed in January 2017 and shows little sign of reviving. Jonathan Powell, Britain’s chief negotiator in Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, struck an ominous tone. “But the danger I fear for Northern Ireland is that it becomes the mouse as the two elephants – the EU and the British government – mate, and it is Northern Ireland that will lose out in any agreement they reach with very dangerous long-term consequences.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jonathan Powell, former chief British negotiator on Northern Ireland. It’s just going backwards.”His brother, Eugene, said a hard border would compound the fact that Brexit ignored the will of most Northern Ireland voters. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is planning to deploy hundreds of officers on Brexit-related operations and wants £40m to recruit 300 additional officers.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 07:07 UTC