Prime Minister Boris Johnson's crushing election victory gives Britain a chance to move past years of gridlock over Brexit -- especially in Northern Ireland, where social and political divides run deep.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s crushing election victory gives Britain a chance to move past years of gridlock over Brexit — especially in Northern Ireland, where social and political divides run deep.
“Like many, many people I’m sick of all this Brexit stuff. Three-and-a-half years ago there was a referendum to decide whether we were going to leave,” he told AFP. Unease spread about the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and the re-emergence of a hard border with EU neighbor Ireland to the south. For the first time, the election returned more Irish republican than British unionist lawmakers to the UK House of Commons.
But he said the combined republican vote share from Thursday “still amounts to a minority”. Those describing themselves as neither republican nor unionist will be key in any vote.
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