The UK Government is playing a game of chicken with Brexit, Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry has said. Dr Farry was speaking after attending the fifth All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit, taking place today in Dublin. He told attendees the backstop was vital to protect the interests of Northern Ireland from the impact of Brexit. […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said today’s Parliamentary debate on the issue “resolved little and only served to waste time”. The Government’s motion reiterating its approach to Brexit was defeated in the House of Commons, alongside several amendments brought by Labour and the SNP. “Today’s debate resolved little and only served to waste […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry MLA has said failure by the PSNI to disclose ‘significant information’ to the Police Ombudsman relating to a loyalist paramilitary massacre raises “serious issues”. The Ombudsman has now confirmed it has reopened new lines of inquiry into the attack on Sean Graham’s bookies in the Lower Ormeau in 1992, as […]
The Prime Minister and Parliament are “wasting time” by running the clock down on Brexit, Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said. Dr Farry was speaking after Prime Minister Theresa May told the House of Commons there would be another vote on her proposed Brexit Withdrawal Agreement but only after more talks with the […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said the Prime Minister has no viable policy to avoid a hard border after Brexit. Dr Farry was speaking after Theresa May’s speech to business leaders in Belfast, in which she defended her strategy on Brexit. “The Prime Minister can keep stressing her commitment to the Good Friday […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said Parliament has voted to send Brexit down “a dead-end” on the backstop, after MPs voted to seek alternative arrangements to try and replace it. The proposal won by 16 votes and will now see Prime Minister Theresa May return to attempt and re-open negotiations with the EU. […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry MLA has said reports the Prime Minster is whipping Conservative MPs to vote for the so-called ‘Brady amendment’ ahead of tomorrow’s Brexit vote are “deeply troubling”. The amendment proposes the backstop be replaced by ‘alternative arrangements’. “Throughout the Brexit process, the Prime Minister and UK Government have been clear they […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has warned attempts to pass Parliamentary amendments with tacit Government support to restrict or change the backstop would only serve to waste time and increase the risk of a no deal Brexit. Dr Farry was speaking ahead of another vote on the proposed deal on Tuesday. He said any […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said the backstop proposal is a workable solution to the possibility of a border in Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Dr Farry was speaking after the European Commission’s chief spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said it was “obvious” there would be a hard border in Ireland if […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry has said the Prime Minister’s victory against a no confidence motion brought against her does not change the need for a People’s Vote to navigate out of the mess of Brexit. Mr Farry was speaking after the Government survived a motion of no confidence, brought by Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn […]