The newly-installed leader is visiting Northern Ireland to try and improve relations between London and the UK's devolved governments
The newly-installed leader is visiting regions across the UK to try and improve relations between London and devolved governments.and spoke with First Minister Michelle O’ Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.He said his priority was to establish a new relationship between the UK government and the Stormont Executive .
He said there is"no evidence that that condition has been met" which would see a majority of people there vote for a united Ireland.and LucidTalk found 49% of people would vote to stay in the UK in a border, compared to 39% who would vote for a united Ireland.The UK Labour government has made a swathe of announcements as it enters its first full week in power.
"We intend to improve our relationship with the EU and that means closer trading ties with the EU, it means closer ties in relation to research and development and closer ties in relation to defence and security," he said."But I do think that we can get a much better deal than the botched deal that Boris Johnson saddled the UK with."
The two leaders also spoke of their"shared determination to reset and strengthen the bilateral relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom and to set about that task with urgency and ambition".
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