Irish, Scottish and Northern Irish leaders urge Downing Street to engage at twice-annual forum
Taoiseach Simon Harris, Isle of Man chief minister Alfred Cannan and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly during the British-Irish Council summit at the Comis Hotel on the Isle of Man on Friday. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Asked if the next British prime minister should turn up, Taoiseach Simon Harris diplomatically said it he thought that it “merits consideration” and that he would argue that when he speaks with the victor of the July 4th election. Last week, he said, he spent “a very considerable amount of time” in the company of other EU leaders at a summit meeting in Brussels, but Ireland no longer has that frequency of contact with London. “Britain isn’t in that room any more,” he told The Irish Times.
However, the failure of the majority of No 10 occupants to turn up has consistently riled the UK devolved administrations and, especially, the Crown dependencies, though Dublin has pointedly not addressed the subject. The British delegation on this occasion was smaller than usual, he acknowledged, because he has usually attended along with his Conservative colleague Michael Gove, though he cautioned that the UK “is in an election period”.Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister, Democratic Unionist Party MLA Emma Little-Pengelly, said the next prime minister should “absolutely” attend, telling The Irish Times: “I think it’s important that we do participate at senior levels.
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