New British PM Keir Starmer says he looks forward to ‘working closely’ with Simon Harris after years of post-Brexit strain
The next generation “will never forgive us” if the opportunity to reset Anglo-Irish relations is not seized following Labour’s
Mr Harris on Sunday told Sky News the British-Irish relationship is “really strong” and the two islands have “many issues of mutual concern”.The fall of Ian Paisley junior and the house of Paisley“At the end of the day, we’re neighbours, we’re friends; in many cases we’re family as well, and there’s an opportunity now, a real opportunity that we must seize and the next generation will never forgive us ...
The Taoiseach said one of the priorities of his meeting with Mr Starmer later this month would be discussing ways of improving the structures for engagement between Britain and Ireland following Brexit. “Obviously, Brexit did make life challenging and challenging in relation to the relationship between the two islands and also, I suppose, changed that in many ways because no longer will be two countries within the European Union,” he said.
Mr Harris said there were “clear policy differences and difficulties and challenges” over the last number of years but that he had a “very good professional relationship” with Mr Starmer’s predecessor, Rishi Sunak.
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