Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin, which is urging the EU to stick to the agreement BRIAN LAWLESS/PATheresa May and her government demonstrated an “enormous act of bad faith” in attempts to abandon the backstop, a group of pro-remain politicians in Northern Ireland have said. In a joint statement, Sinn Féin, the SDLP, the Alliance Party and the Green Party urged EU leaders to remain united behind the withdrawal agreement. It came as Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign secretary, gave the clearest signal to date that a delay to the UK’s official exit date on March 29 could be necessary, saying he expected discussions with the EU to resume, “but that’s not going to happen in the next few days”. This week the House of Commons backed a plan which required the British prime minister to replace the agreement’s controversial backstop with…

Source: The Times February 01, 2019 00:13 UTC