Can the Government secure meaningful reassurances on the backstop?

12 Dec 2018 10:25 AM

Open Europe’s David Shiels takes a look at possible reforms to the backstop and whether they would be acceptable to Unionists in Northern Ireland.

The DUP are making the most of their time in the national spotlight. The party say they will vote to defeat the Withdrawal Agreement but continue to sustain the Government in office so long as the deal is voted down – and some might say that they are having their cake and eating it.

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