Arlene Foster: gaps remain in bid to reach deal on B rex it

Boris will only talk to the DUP and ignores the other parties. What if the DUP support the agreement and the other parties don’t think it goes far enough? Who speaks for them? The DUP and Leo do not speak for the rest of the Northern Ireland voters.

Who could expect our politicians to agree on anything? Apart from what a good idea it is to be paid for doing no work.

Ian Buckley:

Sam Abraham, whoaa! They also agreed on pay rises and pensions.

Sam Abraham:

For themselves, of course.

Charles Williams:

The die has been cast. There will be a deal based on some fudge, with Northern Ireland shadowing EU rules, regulations and tariffs. If it works, everyone will be happy, especially business leaders and farmers within Northern Ireland.

Jim Ryan:

So, in other words, the backstop that Theresa May worked so hard on and the DUP tore up.

Darren McCl:

How can this not be a good thing for Northern Ireland? Part of the UK, yet part of Europe. Businesses will be queuing up to set up. I’m sure a dinosaur somewhere will mess it up.

Ian Buckley:

Darren McCl, quite right. European companies will be moving operations to the Republic for ease of movement into the UK. Win-win for the whole of Ireland, north and south.

Barry Cunning:

A stuffed plain brown envelope and they’ll agree with anything.

Lorne Milsap:

Northern Ireland can’t be governed by both sets of rules. If Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, then it is not governed, or regulated, by the EU in any

way, shape, or form.

Steven O’Connor:

Isn’t this just the backstop but with dropping the word ‘backstop’?

Ellen Canavan:

Has she actually had anything positive to offer?

Eli Dignam:

That can’t work. A border will be required to stop goods entering the EU, or vice versa, which don’t adhere to the respective regulatory standards.