Irish border spat ‘just a ruse for a Tory minimalist Brexit’
MOVES to keep Northern Ireland inside the EU single market are just a ruse for a “minimalist Brexit,” Irish communists have warned.
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) accused Brussels, Westminster and Dublin of “ruling by fooling” in a Wednesday night statement.
It said “regulatory alignment” between Northern Ireland and the republic, agreed this week between British PM Theresa May and EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, was intended “to keep Britain and the EU as close as possible.”
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