Boris Johnson’s Brexit Withdrawal Agreement passed its first hurdle in Parliament. Once the parliamentary deadlock is resolved, it looks set to be the basis for the UK’s exit from...
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has won the EU’s support. But, says Ray Bassett, that depended on the Taoiseach’s changing gear. It also depended on the prime minister...
Closing his first Conservative Party Conference as prime minister, Boris Johnson revealed his new backstop plan. Here Ray Bassett, formerly a senior Irish diplomat involved in the Good...
The EU's history of ignoring or overturning referendum results is shameful, says Ray Bassett, Ireland's former Ambassador to Canada. Now the Border question is being used by elements...
By Ray Bassett, September 2018 Former Irish Diplomat explains that ‘Border Should not Derail Brexit Nor Decide Overall Agreement’. A technology solution can work - with good will...
This week as senior UK parliamentarians endorse the technological solution for a soft Irish border, in Dublin Dr Ray Bassett, a former Irish diplomat explains that EU politics...
Ireland's interests will best be served by working with the UK to make a success of technological 'soft' border, says Ray Bassett.