News / UK and world by Press Association July 19, 2018, 9:08 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter The Prime Minister has moved to assure people living on the Irish border that her plan for Brexit will ensure no hardening of the frontier. Theresa May made the comments during her first visit to the border since the Brexit referendum. “We’ve produced a proposal which would enable us to have a free trade area between the UK and the EU and a customs arrangement that would mean people here would continue to be able to trade seamlessly across the border and there will be no hard border, that’s what we want to see,” Mrs May told the Press Association. Mrs May toured the Belleek Pottery factory in Co Fermanagh, meeting workers and business representatives from both sides of the border. Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster welcomed her to the landmark, which sits close to the almost invisible frontier between … [Read more...] about Theresa May: Brexit plan will ensure no hard Irish border
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Sinn Fein slammed for ‘gifting Theresa May Brexit win’
Sinn Fein slammed for 'gifting Theresa May Brexit win' BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Sinn Fein has once again faced criticism over its abstentionist policy - after the government narrowly avoided defeat in key Brexit votes on Monday. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/brexit/sinn-fein-slammed-for-gifting-theresa-may-brexit-win-37126819.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article37100767.ece/69b8a/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_d02461d5-6c3f-488f-b759-99b9d64bf36b_embedded236546812 Email Sinn Fein has once again faced criticism over its abstentionist policy - after the government narrowly avoided defeat in key Brexit votes on Monday. An amendment to put into law measures to prevent any customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK was passed without a vote. However, two key amendments to the Customs Bill were voted through on Monday night by just three votes. Only one Northern Ireland MP - Lady Sylvia Hermon - voted against the amendments. One of the … [Read more...] about Sinn Fein slammed for ‘gifting Theresa May Brexit win’
Trump Calls His Theresa May Brexit Criticism ‘Fake News’
POLITICS 07/13/2018 09:25 am ET Updated 11 minutes ago However, The Sun published a recording of the remarks Trump claimed he didn't say. By Marina Fang President Donald Trump on Friday attempted to clean up his criticism of British Prime Minister Theresa May and the country’s Brexit negotiations by blaming the “fake news.” “It didn’t put what I said about the prime minister,” Trump said during a news conference with May, referring to an interview he’d given The Sun, a British tabloid. “It’s called fake news.” The Sun is owned by the conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who also owns the Trump-friendly Fox News. In denying that he criticized May, Trump suggested that a recording of the interview would prove his case. However, The Sun published an audio recording of the interview that included the remarks Trump claimed he did not say. During Friday’s news conference, Trump asserted … [Read more...] about Trump Calls His Theresa May Brexit Criticism ‘Fake News’
President Trump calls his Theresa May Brexit criticism ‘fake news’
President Donald Trump on Friday attempted to clean up his criticism of British Prime Minister Theresa May and the country’s Brexit negotiations by blaming the “fake news.”“It didn’t put what I said about the prime minister,” Trump said during a news conference with May, referring to an interview he’d given The Sun, a British tabloid. “It’s called fake news.”The Sun is owned by conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who also owns the Trump-friendly Fox News.Although Trump had said earlier that May’s policies might kill U.S.-British trade deals, he suggested on Friday that he would accept whatever deal as long as “we can trade together.”“I think she’s doing a tremendous job,” Trump said of May, insisting that he’d said “tremendous things.”In his opening remarks, he also turned to May and told her that “whatever you’re gonna do, it’s OK with … [Read more...] about President Trump calls his Theresa May Brexit criticism ‘fake news’
Theresa May: Brexit deal must ‘protect the union’ between Northern Ireland and Great Britain
0 Comments Theresa May: Brexit deal must 'protect the union' between Northern Ireland and Great Britain BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The Prime Minister has said any deal with the EU over Brexit “must protect the union” between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/brexit/theresa-may-brexit-deal-must-protect-the-union-between-northern-ireland-and-great-britain-36901774.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article36895715.ece/195c4/AUTOCROP/h342/may.jpg Email The Prime Minister has said any deal with the EU over Brexit “must protect the union” between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Theresa May, writing in the Sunday Times on Sunday, also said there could be no hard border in Ireland. “As a proud unionist and prime minister of the whole United Kingdom I am clear that any deal with the EU must protect our precious Union and also honour the agreements that were reached in the historic Northern Irish … [Read more...] about Theresa May: Brexit deal must ‘protect the union’ between Northern Ireland and Great Britain