The EU’s not for turning
Theresa May is faced with a Europe unwilling to budge on the backstop, the necessity for which is an ironic consequence of Britain’s decision to partition Ireland in 1921
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will not be doing a duet of I Should Be So Lucky with Kylie Minogue after the bewildering Brexit events of last week.
His recent backstage encounter with the Australian popstress came just two months after British prime minister Theresa May bopped along to Abba’s hit Dancing Queen at the Conservative Party conference.
May has survived, which is a relief to Varadkar and his government. He now has the political ...