The North’s Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to reject the British government’s Brexit withdrawal deal. “It’s significant that this Assembly sends a very firm message again that we reject Brexit, that we follow after Scotland has rejected Brexit, and I believe Wales will vote tomorrow to maybe also reject Brexit,” she said. The withdrawal deal, the DUP leader said, posed “significant challenges for Northern Ireland” and MLAs should “take a stand” to show that the Assembly is “back in business”. Today we must send a united message to Boris Johnson in the UK government, to Dublin and to Brussels that collectively we reject the EU withdrawal agreement,” she said. “There’s little appetite in the EU, in London, in Dublin to deliver what is best for us here in Northern Ireland,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times January 20, 2020 17:15 UTC