northern ireland moving again.tituency and the number of seats secured by this party will help shape the direction of northern ireland for our grandchildren. last month, i set out the principles of what i termed next—generation unionism, and our vision for northern ireland entering the next century. monday northern ireland has changed and will continue to. today, we are launching a detailed document on next—generation unionism and i look forward to engaging with everyone who values northern ireland's position about issues explored. i've written to other parties engaging with them around it and the first meeting is already taking place on monday. i will seek to stimulate interest among other groups and interests as well and we want those engagements to extend far beyond political parties. it must be a much broader discussion right across the community. it is time to commence a conversation recognising that politicians don't have all the a nswe i’s. politicians don't have all the answers. unionism should be inclusive

, some affection for ireland, admiration for ireland, affiliation with ireland. and that's a tremendous experience, for somebody like myself representing a smaller country in this wonderful colossus of a country. and it is not to be undervalued in any way, because most embassies don't have the opportunity i have to connect with people who feel that way. i mentioned it last evening, in philadelphia at the irish center. i spoke to a crowd of more than 200 people, who turned up just to hear a discussion about brexit and the implications of brexit for ireland. so that for me is the thing i enjoy most of all. you might have ideas of diplomats operating in a very refined, erudite slice of society, and of course we do get to meet senior people, that is true. i get to go to big events that happen. but i do genuinely most enjoy engagement with irish america, which to me is a phenomenon that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world, and gives ireland a presence here we could not possibly hope to have anywhere else in the world, because we don't have a community locally. it

so, northern ireland and ireland.around the other issue which is problematic and has been problematic with the dup, who spoke as we know borisjohnson really needs and has a commons, is theissue really needs and has a commons, is the issue of consent. if northern ireland‘s economic relationship at the rest of the uk is to change, how do you a democratic approval for that? the dp wanted essentially to have a veto on that process. what this document lays out is that for yea rs this document lays out is that for years after the end of a transition period, in other words in 2024 it would be in effect, there would be a simple majority vote in the northern ireland assembly four stops, neither community, units or nationalist, would necessarily have a veto over that process. that is something they are that process. that is something they a re clearly that process. that is something they are clearly unhappy about. so, that would be five years down the line that we can subletting at a situation not that different to where we are

on the island of ireland.this would depend on a future vote by the northern ireland assembly, a body which is currently suspended. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, has the latest. his report does contain some flash photography. boris johnson is looking serious, and no wonder. reporter: can you get a deal, prime minister? truth is, he doesn't know. but his plan today, tone down the fighting talk in the commons. 0rder! statement, the prime minister. the speaker wasn't attacking him, for once. sore throat. but today, the pm's message, "i've compromised, now it's your turn." so we have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm, to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable, and to go the extra mile, as time runs short. still the same warning, though. britain would leave with no deal if it had to. if our european neighbours choose not to show a corresponding willingness to reach a deal, then we shall have to leave on october the 31st without an agreement. and on the eu side today, a deal looked farfrom cert

ireland and the republic of ireland and the eu.y hurdle is between now and the 31st of october? when i say that, i'm talking about from both perspectives, borisjohnson who says he wants to get brexit done, and for those mps who say that if you can't get a deal in place, he must ask by the 19th of october for an extension from the eu? is boris johnson want to leave with a deal i'd avoid the a benn act, the legislation requiring him to ask for an extension, then he needs to get a majority in parliament for his deal before the 19th of october. that means ditching together different groups of mps around this deal. —— stitching together. there will be the brexiteers and his party and udp, but then there are also some of the labour mps who never came through 40 recent me to mcnay, who never backed her deal, he would be looking to back a day. —— theresa may. even if he can do that, he then missed a piece of legislation, and he will have very little time to do this, it may be ten sitting days if they cancel all weekends, which is much soft

and northern ireland authorities and northern ireland authorities and northern ireland businesses wouldbit of a customs agent or a customs officer on behalf of the eu. so if products are coming from great britain into northern ireland, which are then destined to going to the republic of ireland or further into the destined to going to the republic of ireland orfurther into the eu, the correct tariff would have to be paid at the point of entry into northern ireland to make sure that nothing actually happened at the land border. that is pretty complicated, and is likely to add cost. i imagine that a lot of the very fine legal technical operational details which have been crunched over the last couple of years, have concerned how you could make a system like that operable when it doesn't really exist anywhere else in the world. 0k,john, thank exist anywhere else in the world. 0k, john, thank you very much. i'm joined byjonathan powell, former chief of staff to tony blair, and during that time, chief british negotiator on northern ireland. thanks forjoining us. this idea of community consen

brexit isa ireland border has emerged.he uk to go its own way relative to the european union and that means there is a difference between borders, but crucially that board between northern ireland and the republic that will become the frontier between the uk and european union after brexit. it is written down in the good friday peace agreement that it should remain open, so how do you keep it open while respecting the fact that the uk is going to go its own way after brexit? plan one was that northern ireland remained close to the european union, the rest of the uk goes its own way. they northern ireland only backstop as it was known. particularly unpalatable to theresa may‘s government under is divided up the uk. plan two was a uk wide backstop, unpalatable to so many in parliament because about the article song to the european union after brexit not allowing the country to make the most of leaving the european union as its advocates see it. your com plan three from borisjohnson was ‘s government, a letter to the european

and ireland. britain and northern ireland, within the united kingdom. at the moment, there are checks on things like live animals moving from britain to northern ireland. but now there will be checks on pretty much everything. his letter to jean—claude juncker said that agri— food goods, so anything really and the food chain, entering northern ireland from great britain would do so via a border inspection post, which is part of eu law. and that can be a very intrusive form of inspection for stop the letter says they will be subjection to identity and documentary checks on physical examination. crucially, it says those checks will be carried out by uk authorities. so even though, in effect, that would become, at least for a few years, the border of the single market, it would be uk authorities, according to this proposal, that would carry out those checks, even after the uk has left the eu. so again, is the eu going to be happy with the uk saying we are going to be the ones responsible for making s

to maintain the integrity of ireland in coming up with this deal with northern ireland. it remains part of you but also he's aligned to a you procedures as well take us to to the point of conjecture the issue that the democratic unionist have with this compromise. the that the really really impossible thing for outsiders to understand about about the democratic party in northern ireland is that it cares far less about about things to do with money and trade than it does about it's about the concept of unionism the absolute imperative on the from their point of view that northern ireland remains a part of the u.k. it's 100 years ago yesterday that the u.k. started partitioning islands. putting the border between the north and the south and the whole point of politician from the u.k. sides was to protect the protestants majority the union is part of the majority of northern ireland and that's what the stands for any idea that and that northern irish economy could be more aligned with that of the european union through the single market than the u.k. is in their estimation

ireland open? not to predict at this stage what the outcome will be! one of the things i have learned about brexit over the past few years is that the politics of it changes and can change quite quickly, and often in surprising ways, so i will not look in the crystal balljust today. on avoiding a border between north and southin avoiding a border between north and south in ireland, there have really only ever been five ways to do that. the first is to have a united ireland, and there probably isn't a majority for that at the moment, though some opinion polls would suggest there is. ireland rejoining the united kingdom, which of course, is never going to happen. the uk deciding to stay in the eu, and all the poll since prime minister johnson became prime minister suggest that is what the british public actually won, but they're british del webb political system isn't able to given that choice, the plus model, or fifth, isn't able to given that choice, the plus model, orfifth, what we call the backst

ireland,er, northern scotland. another gnarly, 13. ireland, 13. scotland, zero. not one reference to scotland. the prime has returned from brussels to present the deal he knows that we -- knows, that we all know is actually worse than theresa may's deal. a deal that would see scotland shafted by those united kingdom government. with scotland's views and interests totally disregarded by the prime minister and this government. the scottish national party could not have been clearer. we would support any mandate to approach the european union, to remain in the single market and customs union, or simply remain in the european union altogether. yet the prime minister has made it clear that he was not and is not interested in meaningful discussions with the snp, or with our scottish government. he and his cronies do not care about scotland. this government has sold scotland out and once again they have let scotland down. ireland has been allowed special arrangements to remain in the eu single market and customs union, but the prime minister will not afford scotland the

on the island of ireland. of this would depend on a future vote by the northern ireland assembly, a body which is currently suspended. our deputy political editor john pienaar has the latest. his report does contain some flash photography. boris johnson is looking serious, and no wonder. can you get a deal, prime minister? truth is, he doesn't know. but his plan today, tone down the fighting talk in the commons. order! statement, the prime minister. the speaker wasn't attacking him, for once. sore throat. but today, the pm's message, "i've compromised, now it's your turn." so we have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm, to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable, and to go the extra mile, as time runs short. still the same warning, though. britain would leave with no deal if it had to. if our european neighbours choose not to show a corresponding willingness to reach a deal, then we shall have to leave on october the 31st without an agreement. and on the eu side today, a deal looked farfrom certain. not

or ireland.s to overcome. the european parliament's brexit steering group said mrjohnson‘s plan breached agreed principles. we are very sceptical about these proposals because mainly it is repackaging the old proposals that have already been discussed. borisjohnson‘s offer was never likely to be bought by the eu as it stands. the prime minister's about to take his case to european leaders, hoping they'll compromise in the end rather than face the disruption of a no—deal brexit. if there is a deal, and that's still a big if, the prime minister could get it through parliament, though not without a fight and not without help from labour mps prepared to defy their leader and vote alongside him. deal or no deal... certainly nothing the pm says or does seems at all likely to get jeremy corbyn onside. no labour mp could support such a reckless deal. that will be used asa springboard... used as a springboard to attack rights and standards in this country. hard maybe for theresa may to hear her brexit dea

ireland oi’ site we want to reunite with ireland or stay in britain?e dragged out of the eu and even though this is better than crashing out of the eu without doubt, we are still going to lose citizens' rights for instance... the very fact you are holding of that document, and precisely that is what they are worrying about. i don't think the dup speaker for the entire unionist population. there are many people within the business community, farmers, elsewhere that whatever about this backstop. farmers will lose their single farm payments. a lot of groups and organisations that will lose the european social fund. there is 3.5 billion of european funding that comes to the north that will be lost and with all do respect, there's not a lot of faith that the british government is going to replace that given what it has done to austerity and welfare reform... in short do you see this deal is one step towards unification? brexit has nothing to do with the deal. it has been an excel wrench to the conversation and the conversation now across ireland is about a

will do, including northern ireland. and it is not what the european commission or our european friends thought would be the results of these negotiations. i believe it's a great success for northern ireland and for the whole of the kiffin and the arrangements and a half made that possible of course are temporary and they were determined by con sent. and i must say, mr. speaker, in all frankness, i do think ate pity that it is thought necessary for one side or the other in the debate over northern ireland to have a veto on those arrangements. it is after all -- and i must be very frank about in, mr. speaker. it is, after all -- the people of this country have taken a great decision embracing the entire four nations of this country by a simple majority vote that went 52-48, which we are honoring now, and i think that principle should be applied elsewhere and i see no reason why it should not be applied in northern ireland as well and it is in full compliance with the good friday agreement. >> mr. speaker, before i decide

it is good for ireland and northern ireland, no hardboard, all for ireland and northern ireland, no han ireland, no hardboard, all ireland can thrive, protects the single market and our place in it. but the view instead from the dup. .. it is interesting that he used the word unique because it is worth emphasising that they are trying to set upa emphasising that they are trying to set up a custom structure, an economic relationship that is not really in place anywhere else in the world. the idea of a deal customs zone where you have a legal border in one place but a practical border in another. all sorts of elements of this deal are things that aren't really done in most borders around the world, which is why there was a last—minute hitch about vat. that is another issue which is a complexity which you always face when you come toa which you always face when you come to a border between two custom zones and two regulatory zones. these are difficult issues, which is why it has been so hard to reach this agreement. i wonder, because that draft of the text that you have been going through

our ireland correspondence, emma vardy, has this report. —— ireland correspondent.he other way. today's deal divides these communities again. i think it's ridiculous that the unionist community is holding everybody to ransom. theyjust don't think of anybody but themselves. anything catholics like, they automatically are against it — it doesn't matter what it is. in unionist areas of the city, it's viewed very differently. for those who identify as british, the arrangements for trade in the brexit deal strike at something deeper — a fear that closer alignment with ireland and the eu undermines northern ireland's very place in the united kingdom itself. nice to meet you. it's at the back of their minds. no matter what it looks like, there's always that fear the enemies are to the south of them, the enemies are to the east of them, the enemies are right at the heart of the northern ireland assembly. and when you live in that, it's almost like a permanent paranoia — when you live with that all the time, you tend not to see rainbows, you just see thunder. the new deal co

the main changes relate to northern ireland.e market for all goods and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. but northern ireland would leave the customs union and that would result in new customs checks — a highly controversial idea which has already been rejected in principle by the eu. and all of this would depend on a future vote by the northern ireland assembly, which is currently suspended. we start with this report by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. 70 days into office, a man in a hurry. a matter of hours perhaps before he will know and we will know, if he has a chance of getting a different deal with the eu. if he ought to be nervous, it didn't show. applause the darling of this hall for years, now their prime minister. leader here, but with no control of parliament, no way of predicting what will come next. his first target, with humour, less hostility — politics itself. if parliament were a reality tv show, then the whole lot of us, i'm afraid, would have been voted out of the jungle by now. at lea

or ireland.of doubts to overcome. the european parliament's brexit steering group said mrjohnson‘s plan breached agreed principles. we are very sceptical about these proposals because mainly it is repackaging the old proposals that have already been discussed. boris johnson's offer was never likely to be bought by the eu as it stands. the prime minister's about to take his case to european leaders, hoping they'll compromise in the end rather than face the disruption of a no—deal brexit. if there is a deal, and that's still a big if, the prime minister could get it through parliament, though not without a fight and not without help from labour mps prepared to defy their leader and vote alongside him. deal or no deal... certainly nothing the pm says or does seems at all likely to get jeremy corbyn onside. no labour mp could support such a reckless deal. they'll be used as a springboard... used as a springboard to attack rights and standards in this country. hard maybe for theresa may to hear her br

ireland.apped. under mrjohnson‘s new proposal, northern ireland would stay in the eu single market for all goods, so it would stick with the eu's rules and regulations. that removes the need for product standard and safety checks at the border between ireland and northern ireland. but that does create the need for checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. when it comes to the eu customs union, northern ireland would not remain in it. so this would mean northern ireland and the republic of ireland ending up in two different customs territories, and, for example, lorries entering the irish republic from northern ireland will need to complete customs declarations. critics are saying this is the worst of all worldsm because northern ireland would be sujected to two borders — regulatory checks in the irish sea, and a customs border with the republic. borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says this addresses many concerns brexiteers have. he points to the dup being supportive of

and northern ireland, our ireland so there is certainly difficulty around that aspect of it.e foster, both of them, making it quite plain that they see major issues on either side so that is something for us to reflect on as we go to dublin now and speak to katie don, who is head of brexit policy at the chamber of commerce and went to make of these plans as described and the kind of reaction that there has been today, not least in dublin, what is your thought on that? i think what was released yesterday, i do not think it isa released yesterday, i do not think it is a final resolution as to where things can end up but i think my print —— the prime minister and the state m e nts print —— the prime minister and the statements said that might be where businesses find encouragement that they might be the start of ongoing negotiations that can produce a solution that can break the current and past and there are certain areas within the proposals that i think businesses are encouraged by and comment regulatory zone on the island of ireland will go a long way to alleviate some of th

and the republic of ireland.e, firstly because it wants a deal, and secondly because if there isn't going to be a deal, the eu does not want to be the ones slamming the door in the uk's face. so, mrjuncker welcomed slamming the door in the uk's face. so, mr juncker welcomed the slamming the door in the uk's face. so, mrjuncker welcomed the arrival of these proposals here in brussels, it is something he has been asking for for a long time. he did express some concerns for for a long time. he did express some concerns but he also said that the eu remains available 24/7, night and day, for further negotiations, thereby putting the ball back in the uk's thereby putting the ball back in the uk's court. it is now up to the prime minister to decide, does he wa nt prime minister to decide, does he want a brexit deal enough to further engage with the eu or will he stick to his take it or leave it approach? and if he does, then that will be him, and not the eu, it thinks, walking away from the negotiations. don't forget, t

into ireland, in other words, large chunks of the single market will still apply to northern ireland be more unionist than the dup. they will be the ones and the people of northern ireland most directly affected by this. if they can live with it, we can probably live with it too. thanks very much for your time. of course, whether there is a vote here, whether there is ever a vote here depends not what happens in the commons, not in the first place anyway, it depends on what happens in europe because if europe give it the thumbs down, there won't be a vote here. in a moment, the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: french media reports say a man with a knife has killed four people at the police headquarters in paris. the prime minister says his new brexit proposals are britain's chance to get a deal — as he lays out his plans to mps. the high court in belfast has ruled that northern ireland's abortion laws are in breach of the uk's human rights commitments. here's your business headlines on afternoon live: shares in ted baker dived as much as 41 per c

people in the north of ireland so the d.p. do not speak for the majority of the people in the north of ireland what i'm trying to explain to you at this moment in time universities civic society lawyers and many many others and for. and a cam and reasonable conversation about a plan and preparing for a constitutional change in the let me just explain to you that in the north of ireland and in ireland people realize that their rights of which they file you their citizenship of which they and some like myself a critic engage with you know what needs to be reformed but we know that there is a democratic pathway back into the and let us all recall that on the 29th of april 27th when michelle barr need the chief negotiator was given this mandate that the european kind soul statement of that day said that in the offend of irish reunification the whole of ireland will remain the only a few weeks ago we had president with chromed standing for is johnson and he's saying that the solution to the backs of problem is irish reunification b

and ireland. and the open-ended nature of the peace process in northern ireland. and i'm sure ambassador mulhall say more about this later on. another important thing was related to, which we found was related to bilaterallists. so we could expect that the u.k. will strengthen or relations with individual member states will be strengthened on a bilateral basis, and we had a case study in our book on estonia. so the findings suggest that individual member states in a difficult strategic environment or in exposure such as estonia can have an increased utility for the u.k. particularly because cooperation on a bilateral basis can constitute avenues of interest for the e.u. policy or on the e.u. policy. then we have, we have a third category of findings which relates to new sources of power and legitimacy. and here we assess whether and how new and emerging security technologies can be turned or can turn into a competitive advantage for the e.u. another thing we looked at was the potential of collaborative defense, security and defense regimes and procurement and the

and the republic of ireland and regulatory checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk.t is the dup. borisjohnson has has emerged tonight is the dup. boris johnson has managed has emerged tonight is the dup. borisjohnson has managed to get the dup behind it and borisjohnson has managed to get the dup behind itand i borisjohnson has managed to get the dup behind it and i think there is a chance that with the dup swinging behind it, that will bring some hardline brexiteers with them. i think a big question is will the eu accept it and one thing that is very clear is that this arrangement would still involve customs checks on island which the eu have said is a redline because of the good friday agreement and if you do not have customs check that as a compromise for the single market. how do you think this differs from theresa may's deal which was rejected three times by the house of commons? what she was putting forward was to try to keep the uk closely aligned with trade relations with the eu even though we were leaving and the backstop to stop a hard border was keeping th

having worked in northern ireland, having so many friends in northern ireland, its position in the unionefore, it is of concern to me that there are people in northern ireland, particularly within the unionist committee who feel heart sore about what they perceived to be the consequences of this deal. and one of the things that i will be doing in every hour and every day ahead is doing everything i can in order to provide reassurance in order to ensure we can put provisions in place that make sure the people of northern ireland appreciated that we love them and want them to stay. michael gove. you're watching monday in parliament with me, mandy baker. don't forget that if you miss our daily round—up or you'd like to watch our end of week extravaganza, the week in parliament, you can via the bbc iplayer. the case of harry dunn has rarely been out of the headlines for the past few weeks. the 19—year—old was killed in august when his motorbike collided with the car of anne sacoolas, the wife of an american diplomat, outside raf croughton in northamptonshire. she left the country a few days

the vital response from ireland 7 electronically. the vital response from ireland? wait and see. be lost in translation? a guarded response from the eu. angela merkel said we will examine the proposals closely but it is important to the eu stick together and, even if they say yes, will mps vote it through? it is worse than theresa may's deal and i cannot see it getting the support he thinks it will get and it will take us thinks it will get and it will take us into a regime in britain of deregulation. the torah's northern ireland allah seemed to be on board. we believe this is a serious and sensible way forward to have engagement with the european union ina way engagement with the european union in a way that allows us all in the uk to leave the european union and the four we will be supporting this plan. but if those talks cannot get going and the proposals do not have a chance for the eu, borisjohnson will have no hesitation taking us out of the eu without a deal, even though parliament has changed the law to try to stop it. this crowd will push him to do it somehow. let us wil

. conservative northern ireland.of change, decades after the rest of the uk. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. for more on this case and the rising number of states trying to implement new laws in the us, we arejoined now by mary ziegler in florida. she is author of after roe: the lost history of the abortion debate and specialzies in reproductive rights law. thank you forjoining us in the programme. why do you think we're moving further and further apart on the abortion debate right now? their are a variety of factors. american abortion politics have always been a more polarised in many ways than uk abortion politics, even in northern ireland. i think, abortion politics, even in northern ireland. ithink, at abortion politics, even in northern ireland. i think, at the abortion politics, even in northern ireland. ithink, at the moment, at least in the united states, probably the most important variable is the changing composition of the supreme court due to donald trump as magnificent nominations and accompanying expecta

to ghost you out of northern ireland.and your kids. they were given, what, an hour or two to pack? 0ne suitcase. leave everything. what impact did that have on your family on your family? well, i remember coming in and saying to mary, "look, i've been doing something for the last number of years and i've been caught." and... were you honest? did you say mary, i have essentially lived a lie with you for these last nine years or whatever it was. and now, because of my lying, you and the kids have to get on this plane and you'll probably never seen northern ireland again? well, over the years, i used to think ‘i wonder if i should tell her?‘ and then i thought if i tell her and she has this information, if i'm ever caught, they'll shoot her too, so i'm not going to tell her. because they were people who left derry, informers, and their wives were able to return because they were seen as not knowing very much about it. so i decided, look, selfish as it sounds, i'm not going to tell her. and that's why i didn't tell her. but,

in ireland. it the has done also in other parts of europe, but it's risen significantly in ireland since the brexit issue became such a preoccupation in britain and in ireland because of the impact on ireland, and the support for european union membership in ireland now is in excess of 90%. i think the last poll i saw put it at 92% and practically nothing in the world in any democratic country enjoys a 92% support, so basically there is a -- there is a unanimity in ireland and all political parties share the view that ireland's interests are best served by members of the european union and the reason for that is quite straightforward. when we join the eu in 1973, we were by far the least developed economy in europe. we were well behind the other member states and over the last 45 years we've caught up and now on a gdp per capita basis ireland is one of the top two or three countries in the european union so it's transformed our country economically but also socially in that we've become much more

that for the people of northern ireland. of course, that may be a matter where in northern ireland opinion will be divided as to whether they want it or not, but the reality is that the clauses are going to continue to apply to northern ireland after the transition is ended for the rest of great britain. how does he square that with the recovery of sovereignty promised to the entirety of the british people?” sovereignty promised to the entirety of the british people? i am grateful to the right honourable gentleman but i think we can square that very simply by pointing out that yes, of course, there are transitory arrangements for some aspects of the northern ireland economy. but those automatically dissolved and are terminated after four years unless it is the majority decision of the assembly of northern ireland to remain in alignment with those arrangements either in whole or in part. and the principle of consent is at the heart of these arrangements. under this bill british firms will escape the frequently perverse effect

no the alliance party no the green party no manufacturing northern ireland no retail northern ireland no northern end retail consortium no c.b.i. northern ireland no nobody nobody in northern ireland seems to think this will actually work so what's the rabbit out the hat here that boris johnson can come up with between now the next set of talks october the 17th and halloween october 31st . i don't think there is one i think realistically the only options he really has on the table if he wants to reach ritual agreement with the european union is to either go back to to raise a maze final negotiated deal and somehow repackage that to be more palatable to his employees or otherwise revert back to the original offer which effectively put the border down the irish sea i just do not see anything else in the offing here you know when we talk about technological solutions and we talk about tracking vehicles and the like that's all very well when you're operating within the same customs union zone but once you cross a customs barrier you then need to have checkpoints in place and even even nor

and northern ireland.is his last gambit to gambit to try to say, look, let's get a guy get rid of the backstop, go for my does my partner solution, and we will find out the next ten days of this will fly. what do you think was mike i don't think it will fly, actually. i think if you look at the detail of what's being proposed, and it's enough to give everyone a headache, really. it is incredibly completed. and if you look at the way, the reaction in northern ireland this afternoon, you have got several opposition parties coming up against us. opposition parties coming up against us. you've got the northern irish business community coming against it, and in some ways, who could be surprised. instead of one border and one set of regulations and checks, there will be a —— they will actually be dealing with two. it can be terrible for them. is boris johnson care about the? he just wa nts johnson care about the? he just wants the do you pee on board. that's true, so given that he's got the dup on board, and he'

no the alliance party no the green party no manufacturing northern ireland no retail northern ireland no northern line retail consortium no c.b.i. northern ireland no nobody nobody in northern ireland seems to think this will actually work so what's the rabbit out the hat here that boris johnson can come up with between now the next set of talks october the 17th and halloween october 31st . i don't think there is one i think realistically the only options he really has on the table if he wants to reach ritual agreement with the european union is to either go back to to raise a maze final negotiated deal and somehow repackage that to be more palatable to ease m.p.'s or otherwise revert back to the original offer which effectively put the border down the irish sea i just do not see anything else in the offing here you know when we talk about technological solutions and we talk about tracking vehicles and the like that's all very well when you're operating within the same customs union zone but once you cross a customs barrier you then need to have checkpoints in place and even even norw

assembly, the northern ireland assembly, the northern ireland assembly, the northern ireland executive would effectively remain tied to the eu single market rules, so that won't change. only if the northern ireland assembly were to agree that under the consent mechanisms. previously, we would have been in the single market and customs union treated as a third country without any say whatsoever. what we welcome about the prime minister's proposals is that that cannot happen. it's only an outcome if the northern ireland assembly it if they agree and they do have a single rated electricity market in ireland but it would have to depend on making sure that it was in northern ireland's best economic interest and also to ensure that there were no trade barriers or borders between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, so that safeguard is now built in and that isa safeguard is now built in and that is a fundamental difference. all of it rests on the idea that the northern ireland assembly and stormont has assembled, and it hasn't, so what will you do about that? if the executive and assembl

i welcome the fact northern ireland. i welcome the fact northern ireland.is, the country that voted to remain, we were told if we stayed in the uk... the dup have played the cards they have had very well. they have got extra money previously. who knows what negotiations are going on behind—the—scenes. have theyjust played a different game to you? at the end of the day, nobody plays with peace and security and we have to respect the circumstances... in terms of strengthening the position... the reason we want to have an election, the people of scotla nd have an election, the people of scotland have to see what is happening and we were told if we stayed in the uk our position would be respected, our rights as eu citizens would be respected, it has not happened. a country that has voted heavily to remain, i would say to the people in scotland, we need a general election, people have to respond to the position we have got, people vote for the snp, a vote for the people of scotland to have the right to determine the future in an independence referendum. we want

if they do not work for northern ireland the people of northern ireland will have the right under this agreement to express all with hold their consent to these provisions by means of a majority vote in their assembly 4 years after the end of the transition time if you simply chooses to withhold consent these provisions shall cease to apply after 2 years during which the joint committee of the u.k. and e.u. would propose a new way forward in concert with northern ireland's institutions. and as soon as this house allows the process of extracting all souls from the e.u. to be completed the exciting and to price of building a new relationship with our friends can begin which again to. a brother mr speaker i do not wish this project to be the project of any one government or any one party but rather the endeavor of the united kingdom as a ho. lee. only this parliament can make this new relationship the work of the nation and so parliament should be at the heart of decision making as we develop our approach and i ignore the age but that's in the past we have not always acted perhaps in that

obviously northern ireland... northern ireland gets special access to the single market.e leader of the opposition appears to reject the deal before he has even read it. this is opposition who cannot see further than opposition for opposition‘s sake. the shadow brexit secretary, to be honest, will always... he has been throughout the three years... he had seized a wide range of arguments to support his case. he said injuly 2018, we respect the result of the referendum and recognise we are leaving the european union. but he now says any outcome must be subject to a referendum and we will campaign for leave. he said labour past my concerns were never about the withdrawal agreement or the backstop, they were about the political declaration. that is what he put on twitter. and yet he stands in this debate and objects to the withdrawal agreement because it has not changed. in a third meaningful vote which was on the withdrawal agreement and not the political declaration, he still objects to it. in 2018, he said the labour party could not support withdrawal agreement without a

if a northern ireland fishing vessel leaves a northern ireland port and returns to a northern irelandriffs apply at that point to the fish the vessel has caught if there is a risk that some of the catch might enter the european union? so, it will be for the joint committee to determine to what extent there is a material risk to any leakage to the integrity of the single market. now, i think the example that the right honourable gentleman raises is not the sort of size of trade that i would expect to be a risk to the integrity of the single market. there are currently checks on animal products entering northern ireland from great britain, including physical checks on livestock. and while there is the potential for those to increase under this agreement, the agreement is not establishing a principle in that respect. that principle is already established. the head of the border force told the home affairs select committee yesterday that there would be checks and said it is yet to be worked out in detail who would do those checks between britain and northern ireland, and a memorandum from

and northern ireland. he said the issues could be resolved with some checks, but they would be done somewhere in the supply chains or electronically. they don't see how this will be a guarantee against the prospect of further friction and eight conflict. on the business news. lots of reaction to the move by the u.s. >> their g goods could b be facg tariffs. the french g government is echog the e position tha therere w was ilill time to o negotiatate, but that the eu woululd retaliate. this threat coming after leleves werere aroveved by the w world e organizations after airbus received unfair support from european governments. >> some of the products are going to be more expensive for the united states to import. wtomove comes after the ruled european states had illegally helped airbus. is 15 years oldld. donanald trump wasn't quit to te -- was quick to take credit. >> the wto has been better to us. they understand they cannot rip off the united states. for now, the trump administration will target a wide r

of ireland were abolished. how does the border work now? well, that is easy. it doesn't look like a boarder at all, just a bump on the tarmac. and it's an open border, because the rules on either side are the same. so there are cars and lorries passing here all the time without the need to stop any checks. but it wasn't always like this, though. during the 30 years of conflict here, the border had militarised checkpoints which often came under attack and because a large part of the population believe that the island of ireland as a whole should be one country, ending the violence meant removing any physical sign of a border, at all. what might the border look like in the future? that's the key question that's been holding up brexit. and causing uncertainty for thousands of businesses here, north and south. anything entering the eu has to meet its rules, so after brexit, goods will have to be checked somewhere. but the idea of customs posts are hated by many people who want the border to continue to look and fee

they bring back memories of 30 years of conflict in northern ireland.ome a target. that is where the backstop comes in. it is a legal guarantee to avoid a hard border under all circumstances. it is part of the agreement that sets out the uk withdrawal from the eu. an agreement of the british government is now seeking to renegotiate. the backstop would come into effect only if the uk and the eu can't agree a future trade deal after brexit. it would mean the whole of the uk would stay in the same customs territory as the eu. northern ireland would be even more closely tied to eu rules than the rest of the uk. and that's just not acceptable to the current government. it wants trade across the border to continue, but insists that uk sovereignty must be respected. some checks on goods can certainly take place away from the border in warehouses or or business premises. or business premises. but whether you talk of customs posts, clearance centres or whatever, there would be checks of some kind and an end to frictionless trade. that's not getting a warm recept

of ireland.his border r has been the key problemm as far as brexit is for the reason that, under the good fighting agreement, which ended the troubles between republicans and loyalists in northern ireland,, the governments of the u.k. and the government of the heart republic are going to do irelandng they can -- republic are going to do everything they can. those problems might come back if a front's rebuilds between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. that's why they say under the good friday agreement, which did away with the border, there is no way they will put it back. normally, a border has to be put back. >> it forces the question of an irish backstopping central to the deal. and one of the major obstacles. one other interesting thing that comes up is systems. one of the things that michelle barney spoke about b being a priority, will brits living in france or the other way around be breathing a sigh of relief? it depends on how things go on saturday. for this first part, i think

of northern ireland. that is the basis on which the political process has advanced. he must respect that. , i amohnson: i must say grateful to the right honorable gentleman in this sense, together, he and i and the rest of his group made a case to the -- made a necessarily case to the e.u. that it was necessary. the significant point about a customs union is that it is a dutieshat sets its own at the perimeter. that is what the whole of the u.k. will do, including northern ireland. i believe it is a great success for northern ireland and the whole of the country. the arrangements that made that possible, of course, are temporary and determined by consent. frankness, in all for one side pity to have a veto on those arrangements. all,t be very frank, after the people of this country have taken a great decision and embracing the nations of this them by ad embracing simple majority vote that went 52-48, that we are honoring now. i see that principle should be applied elsewhere. compatibility with the good fri