Alliance Belfast Councillor Kate Nicholl has called for a People’s Vote on Brexit, as she revealed she will be urging all parties to back a motion on the issue at Monday’s Council meeting. Following the initial meeting of the Council’s Brexit Committee in August, the motion is part of a larger push by Alliance to […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said it is “farcical” for the UK Government to suggest cross-border businesses should contact the Irish Government for advice in the event of a no deal Brexit. Dr Farry was speaking after Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab made the statement as he released the first of a series of […]
Alliance Councillor Nuala McAllister has welcomed the inaugural meeting of Belfast City Council’s new Brexit Committee – a move secured by Alliance in March. Set to mitigate the impact of Brexit on Belfast and it citizens, the Committee made up of elected representatives will take the lead in the wake of continued political deadlock at […]
The Prime Minister needs to stop portraying the Brexit backstop as a political and constitutional problem, Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry MLA has said. Dr Farry was speaking after taking part in an Alliance delegation meeting Theresa May, a discussion he described as “frank”. He added they had also raised a number of other issues […]
Alliance Party Deputy Leader, Stephen Farry MLA, has stressed that if the Prime Minister’s visit to Northern Ireland is to have any real effect, then she must explain in full how a hard border is to be avoided, in light of the red-lines adopted by the government to date. Stephen Farry said: “There is very […]
The Leaders of Alliance, Sinn Féin, the SDLP and the Green Party said: “We are at a crucial point in the Brexit negotiations. Guarantees were given in the Joint Report between the British government and the EU in December that there would be no diminution of rights as a result of Brexit, on the rights […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has expressed frustration after MPs narrowly defeated a vote requiring the UK Government to seek a fresh Customs Union with the EU if Brexit trade talks are unsuccessful. Dr Farry said the DUP’s support of the amendment was “illogical”, given the party’s stated objective of avoiding new borders in […]
Alliance Brexit Spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said Parliament has undermined the interests of Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement by passing amendments backed by hard Brexiteers. The amendment, backed by the Conservative European Research Group and the DUP, gives a legal guarantee there will be no post-Brexit customs border in the Irish Sea. […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said a proposed amendment to the Customs Bill by Jacob Rees-Mogg and supported by the DUP risks crashing the UK economy. Dr Farry said the amendment, which seeks to rule out any customs checks down the Irish Sea, would remove any prospect of a Withdrawal Agreement and essentially […]
Alliance Party Deputy Leader and Brexit Spokesperson, Stephen Farry MLA, has described proposals published today by the UK Government on future relations with the EU as unworkable. Mr Farry said he anticipated that large aspects will be rejected by the EU, adding it further draws attention to the lack of focus on how to deliver […]