Key May Ally Warns U.K. Against Brexit Concessions on Ireland
- DUP leader Foster says Irish sea checks her ‘one red line’
- Foster says Theresa May has been ‘on message’ so far
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The Democratic Unionist Party vowed to fight any concessions on the Irish border question, underlining the challenge facing U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May as she seeks to unlock Brexit talks.
Any sort of extra checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K. are unacceptable, DUP leader Arlene Foster said in Bloomberg Television interview with Anna Edwards on Tuesday. Foster matters because May effectively relies on the DUP to keep her in power.