Brexit Deal Gives Sunak a Chance to End Years of EU Acrimony

  • UK needs to sell deal to doubtful Northern Ireland unionists
  • Success would end years of dispute and division with EU
Rishi Sunak, left, and Ursula von der Leyen, in Windsor on Feb. 27.Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government is beginning its hardest sell: convincing skeptical Northern Irish politicians to back its new post-Brexit deal on trade with the European Union.

Monday’s unveiling of the “Windsor Framework” featured a confident Sunak and a smiling, enthusiastic European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The next, crucial stage of the process will be a game of detail, numbers and political arm-twisting.