To any reasonable and impartial observer the row between Britain and Brussels over the future of the Irish border must seem baffling. But that is to mistake what this row is really about. Because the war of words and legal text over Northern Ireland is actually a proxy battle between Britain and Europe over the future of our relationship as a whole. The EU has told the UK it will not agree to a trading relationship that involves any type of border in Ireland Associated PressThat explains why neither side is yet prepared to compromise. At the start of these negotiations the British side identified early on that the situation in…

Source: The Times February 28, 2018 17:03 UTC