Boris Johnson’s characterisation of the Border backstop as a constitutional suicide vest for Britain is irresponsible and demonstrates a misunderstanding of Irish history and politics, Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, has said. “And the reason is simple: Northern Ireland, and the insanity of the so-called ‘backstop’. We have wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution – and handed the detonator to Michel Barnier. We have given him a jemmy with which Brussels can choose – at any time – to crack apart the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ” he wrote. “For Boris to say that the PM’s view is like that of a suicide bomber is too much.

Source: The Irish Times September 09, 2018 19:30 UTC