Between a rock and a hard place
Once again the Prime Minister is facing another conundrum trying to keep her majority in place whilst placating members of her own Party and minimising negative publicity. It seems to…
Will Theresa May stand up to the DUP on abortion rights?
It does not require the deepest of insights to say that Northern Irish politics is broken. The fact that the national assembly has not sat for 16 months makes that…
The Irish border and a hard Brexit
Of all the obstacles to the government’s preferred Brexit plan, the Irish border issue remains the most intractable. May’s government remains committed to leaving the EU’s single market and customs…
Brexit: Making progress or treading water?
More than eight months after May triggered the two year Article 50 withdrawal process, Brexit negotiations are worryingly static. The most complicated part of the process – negotiating a bespoke…