Brexit

May's chances of Brexit deal recede as allies play hard ball

Irish border one of most sensitive issues holding back Brexit talks.

bloomberg

06.12.2017

Prime Minister Theresa May’s chances of getting a Brexit breakthrough this week receded as the Northern Irish ally that props up her government continued to resist a deal amid rumblings of a Cabinet rebellion.

The Democratic Unionist Party thinks it will be challenging to get a deal done this week as it’s demanding significant changes to a text on what the Irish border should look like after Brexit, according to a person familiar with the party’s thinking.