Theresa May is ready to warn the EU that she will not sign up to “anything that threatens the constitutional integrity of the UK” as Boris Johnson was accused of hinting that a hard border could be reintroduced in Ireland. Britain’s exit from the EU – taking Northern Ireland with it – risks a return to a hard or policed border. His paper, obtained by Sky News, raised alarm bells by suggesting that even if there were a hard border, it would still allow 95% of goods to pass through unchecked. Earlier Johnson had sparked anger by comparing the question of solving the Irish border challenge to the London congestion charge system. Coveney said commitments made in December between the EU and the UK needed to be clearly reflected in new legal text.

Source: The Guardian February 27, 2018 09:53 UTC