British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hailed the agreement as historic, one that enables Britain to move on from the Brexit rows of recent years and reset its relationship with the EU and the US.
deal with the European Union for Northern Ireland on Thursday, March 2, saying the prime minister had allowed the bloc to retain too much influence in the United Kingdom.
But Johnson, whose allies blame Sunak for helping to oust him as prime minister, said the new agreement did not go far enough and he would struggle to vote for it. Asked about Johnson’s comments, the prime minister’s spokesman said while Sunak “understands that people will have questions and opinions” he believes it is the best deal for the people of Northern Ireland.
Its success is likely to hinge on whether it convinces the Democratic Unionist Party to end its boycott of power-sharing arrangements in Northern Ireland. These arrangements were central to the 1998 peace deal known as the Good Friday Agreement which mostly ended three decades of violence there.
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