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10 Reasons Why Brexit Will Not Happen

How does the EU keep out chlorinated chicken? Is customs on the Irish Sea the only answer?

It is clear from the negotiations with the USA that in his determination to achieve a free trade deal Boris is willing to sell out British agriculture and allow the US free access to the UK food market. This import of poor quality, low welfare meat will destroy British agriculture(including Northern Ireland) as cheap chlorinated …

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10 Reasons Why Brexit Will Not Happen

BREXIT: 10 Reasons Why it Will Not Happen (update)

Wednesday night’s vote along with last week’s “Agreement” reinforces my prediction made following the referendum that Brexit will never happen. See http://www.northdownindependent.com/10-reasons-why-brexit-will-not-happen/ The events of the past week highlight many of the points I made in my original article. In particular I pointed out that the final decision could not be taken by the government …

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David Bleakley Obituary

I was sorry to hear of the passing of David Bleakley at the age of 92. David served the people of Northern Ireland for many years as an MP in the old Stormont parliament, the 1973 Assembly, the NI convention (1975) and as Minister of Community Relations 1971. I have known David for almost 50 …

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