“Ireland are our nearest neighbours. That relationship with Ireland mattered then and it matters now..”
Britain made a “colossal mistake” when it left the European Union, former prime minister Sir John Major has told a Westminster committee.The ex-PM was appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, which is investigating the effectiveness of the institutions of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.Alliance Party deputy leader Stephen Farry asked if it was an advantage for the UK to be in the EU during the early days of the peace process in Northern Ireland in the 1990s.
Sir John added: “Ireland are our nearest neighbours. That relationship with Ireland mattered then and it matters now. We are out of the European Union and they are in it. “I reached the conclusion we would be better off inside. There are three great power blocs in the world today. United Kingdom is not one of them. There is America, there is China and there is the European Union.
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