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 .
Prime Minister Theresa May has reiterated 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 Travel Area had been in place since the 1920s, well before the European Union, and would remain in place regardless of Brexit.