Sir Keir Starmer is set to offer 'political cover' at Westminster if Mr Sunak can deliver an agreement with the European Union
After arriving in Belfast on Thursday, Sir Keir said there was a"small window of opportunity" to find a solution before the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in April - seen by many as an unofficial deadline for an agreement and a potential visit from US President"We've got to use the anniversary to fix minds, get the country and its political process moving forward again - deliver for the people of Northern Ireland," he will say.
"Whatever political cover you need, whatever mechanism in Westminster you require, if it delivers for our national interest and the people of Northern Ireland, we will support you," he will say in the speech at Queen's University.New Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he is 'willing to make compromises' over Northern Ireland Protocol
The Labour leader will call on the PM to recognise the mistakes made by some Tory ministers who had viewed the Irish government as"adversaries" on Brexit. "That has damaged the political process here in Northern Ireland - no question. And it's certainly not the spirit of 1998." The UK government says the protocol is not working and wants to override it with new legislation if the EU does not agree to changes - a move
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