It also plans legislation to guarantee “unfettered access” for Northern Irish goods to the UK internal market. In a sign that he still has work to do, DUP MPs lined up on Wednesday to criticize the proposals when presented to Parliament by the UK’s Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris. “With this package, it’s now time for elected representatives in Northern Ireland to come together to end the two years of impasse,” Heaton-Harris said in Parliament. “Stability is everything, especially to the people of Northern Ireland after all they have been through,” Benn said. Ending the political impasse would be a significant moment in the history of Northern Ireland, which will get its first nationalist First Minister in Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill.

Source: The Herald January 31, 2024 20:46 UTC