Boris Johnson fought and won the 2019 UK general election with the slogan “Get Brexit Done”.
It was a bet that voters were fed up with years of Brexit drama and wanted the government to cut a deal and finally get out of the EU.
With a healthy majority, Mr Johnson was able to sideline the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and do the deal which effectively left Northern Ireland inside the EU’s single market for goods.
With a healthy majority, Mr Johnson was able to sideline the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and do the deal which effectively left Northern Ireland inside the EU’s single market for goods.
But in Northern Ireland the sea border continued to dominate politics, ultimately leading to the collapse of devolution.
With the Windsor Framework – and a subsequent side-deal with the DUP – leading to the restoration of devolved government, there is perhaps an argument that Brexit is now “done” in Northern Ireland too.
However events this week show that is a difficult argument to sustain.
Boris Johnson fought and won the 2019 UK general election with the slogan “Get Brexit Done”.
With a healthy majority, Mr Johnson was able to sideline the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and do the deal which effectively left Northern Ireland inside the EU’s single market for goods.
It was a bet that voters were fed up with years of Brexit drama and wanted the government to cut a deal and finally get out of the EU.
But in Northern Ireland the sea border continued to dominate politics, ultimately leading to the collapse of devolution.
With a healthy majority, Mr Johnson was able to sideline the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and do the deal which effectively left Northern Ireland inside the EU’s single market for goods.
With a healthy majority, Mr Johnson was able to sideline the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and do the deal which effectively left Northern Ireland inside the EU’s single market for goods.
But in Northern Ireland the sea border continued to dominate politics, ultimately leading to the collapse of devolution.
With the Windsor Framework – and a subsequent side-deal with the DUP – leading to the restoration of devolved government, there is perhaps an argument that Brexit is now “done” in Northern Ireland too.
However events this week show that is a difficult argument to sustain.
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