BELFAST (Reuters) – Brexit talks have turned into a “battle for the union” of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the deputy head of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party Nigel Dodds, said on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds speaks during the party’s annual conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 25, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Paton/File Photo
Dodds, whose party British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government depends on for support, told BBC Radio Ulster that the European Union’s “hubris and arrogance” was increasing the chances that Britain would leave the European Union without a formal exit deal.
Reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by Toby Chopra
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