Brexit: Legal advice warns of Irish border 'stalemate'

Thursday, 06 December 2018 - 7:52

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The full legal advice on British Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal says that her Brexit backstop plan risks a "stalemate" and "protracted rounds of negotiations" with the EU.

Newly published documents show the Prime Minister was told an arrangement designed to prevent a hard Irish border could last "indefinitely" and the UK could not "lawfully exit" without an EU agreement.

The Democratic Unionists said this would be "devastating" for the UK.



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