SBP editorial: Brexiteers must make the best of their bad situation

The draft withdrawal treaty which was released in Brussels last week represents the culmination of more than two years of painstaking negotiations.

The government has got all its key demands – protecting the Good Friday Agreement, the open border and the common travel area – into the draft text.

That is a credit to the hard work of Irish diplomats and civil servants in Dublin, London, Brussels and throughout Europe. It is the ...