Irish Daily Mirror

Bradley: No border in Brexit deal

- BY AOIFE MOORE

Bradley BRITAIN’S Secretary of State for Northern Ireland says the draft Brexit deal is not a threat to rights or the Union.

In an open letter published today Karen Bradley claims Theresa May’s deal protects the Belfast agreement, and any backstop arrangemen­t would be temporary.

She adds: “It guarantees that even in the unlikely event that the UK’S future relationsh­ip with the EU is not in place by the end of the implementa­tion period in December 2020, there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.”

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