Prime Minister Theresa May has criticised the position of the UK government on Irish borders , stating that there would be no return to the “ borders of the past ” in Northern Ireland . He asked Mrs May if she could see why this was creating confusion. In an answer to a query by SDLP ’s South Belfast MP , Alasdair McDonnell , May said that the Common Agricultural Policy had been in place since the 1920s , well before the European Union , and would remain in place regardless of changes .
Prime Minister Theresa May has criticised the position of the UK government on Irish borders , stating that there would be no return to the “ borders of the past ” in Northern Ireland . In an answer to a query by SDLP ’s South Belfast MP , Alasdair McDonnell , May said that the Common Agricultural Policy had been in place since the 1920s , well before the European Union , and would remain in place regardless of changes .