British Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed not to let Brexit “set back” the historic peace secured in Northern Ireland and to work with the EU to avoid a hard border in Ireland. She reiterated that her Government had been clear all along that the UK did not want a hard border in Ireland and have ruled out any physical infrastructure or any Border-related checks and controls. It is for all of us to work together.”Her remarks were a rebuke to hard Brexiteers in her own party, including hard Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg who have argued that the Northern Irish border is a problem for Ireland and the EU, not Britain. In her speech at the Mansion House in the City of London, she said the UK wanted an agreement on customs that would create as “frictionless a border as possible” between the EU and the UK and would avoid a hard Irish border. All goods entering the EU through the UK would pay the correct EU duties, removing the need for customs checks at the border.

Source: The Irish Times March 02, 2018 17:26 UTC