Loyalist paramilitaries could attack ports in Northern Ireland and Britain over Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal putting a border in the Irish Sea, the head of the UK’s largest trade union has warned. “Do the media not understand that loyalist paramilitary groups are meeting almost on a daily basis in Northern Ireland? Loyalists have objected to the deal on the basis that it would create an “economic united Ireland” and called the Brexit deal “the Betrayal Act”. The Police Service of Northern Ireland has said the Brexit deal could lead to “civil disorder” in loyalist areas. He raised concerns about the Brexit deal, saying Mr Johnson was “a little bit like a second-hand car salesman .

Source: The Irish Times November 19, 2019 20:48 UTC