Politicians in Scotland, Wales and the British capital have campaigned for Britain as a whole to stay in the EU's single market to smooth trade relations. Keeping regulations in Northern Ireland similar to those in the rest of the EU make it less likely that the bloc would insist on border checks after Brexit. But making an exception of Northern Ireland may make it difficult for May to argue others cannot have the same. Scotland, one of the United Kingdom's four nations with around five million people, voted by a large majority to keep EU membership, as did Northern Ireland. Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones called for Wales to be allowed to continue to participate in the single market if other parts of the UK could.

Source: bd News24 December 04, 2017 16:18 UTC