Outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May was warned that her three Brexit priorities for Ireland were incompatible back in 2016, the UK's former ambassador to the EU has said. Outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May was warned that her three Brexit priorities for Ireland were incompatible back in 2016, the UK's former ambassador to the EU has said. I told Theresa May her three Irish Brexit priorities were incompatible, says UK's former ambassador to EUIvan Rogers also said he discussed the same dilemma with Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become the next prime minister. The former diplomat told the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that Mrs May's speech setting out her Brexit red lines prompted him to think they would cause a stir in Brussels. Mr Rogers said that in 2016 he delivered "one of the most unpopular things" he had told to the PM.

Source: Irish Independent July 16, 2019 18:21 UTC