European leaders will soon put pressure on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Government to “move aside” from the Brexit process so the EU and the UK can strike a deal, DUP MP Ian Paisley has suggested. “If I was the German chancellor or the French president I would be saying to Mr Varadkar, ‘Listen mate, you have had enough fun with the politics of this; it is now time to get on with the real deal’,” Mr Paisley told The Irish Times. ShiftMr Paisley predicted there would be a shift to facilitate a deal. Move aside and let’s get that deal’.”Elaborating on those comments on Thursday, Mr Paisley said “the art of any deal is to give both sides the ability to walk away thinking they have got enough”. “If that sobers minds then hopefully we can get a trade deal and we can get this sorted.”

Source: The Irish Times February 21, 2019 19:16 UTC