The new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, campaigned for Brexit in 2016 and now has the mission to deliver it.
A task that is not easy for many reasons. Among them, the question of what to do with the border between the Republic of Ireland and the U.K.’s province of Northern Ireland.
A withdrawal agreement with the EU left a soft border there, but that deal was shot down three times by the British parliament – leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May.
The new PM wants to renegotiate but has also said he’s willing to face a ‘hard’ Brexit, if necessary, leaving the European Union without a deal.
To discuss:
- Joe Twyman is a co-founder and director of Deltapoll, a public opinion research firm.
- Ian Black is a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics.
- Alan Wager is a research associate at The U.K. in a Changing Europe Initiative at London’s King College.
- Philip Foster is the vice-chairman of the Campaign for an Independent Britain.
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"The ongoing indulgence of the DUP… needs to stop" says Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Northern Ireland, adding that he has "set the compass for a disorderly and crash #Brexit"https://t.co/0z2A5luyOC pic.twitter.com/JKn3lRayzO
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) July 31, 2019
The economic costs of a hard or no-deal Brexit will have effects across Europe – not just in the UK. https://t.co/jFVlfuYcsy pic.twitter.com/WVu2pMdyW6
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 31, 2019