said Nigel Dodds, the deputy leader of the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which keeps her government in power. EU leaders could meet on Nov. 25 for a summit to seal the Brexit deal if May's cabinet approves the text, diplomatic sources said. With less than five months until Britain leaves the EU, the so-called Northern Irish backstop was the main sticking point. The British government supplied no immediate details on the Brexit deal text, which runs to hundreds of pages. The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) have ruled out any deal that treats Northern Ireland differently.

Source: bd News24 November 13, 2018 20:03 UTC