A Sinn Féin MEP has signed off from Brussels by insisting Brexit has made the time ripe for a vote on Irish reunification. Following her final speech in the EU Parliament, Martina Anderson said “there is no good Brexit” but added it had “reinvigorated” the debate around unification. Speaking to the PA news agency, she said: “We have been arguing for and discussing and planning and preparing for Irish unity for a long time but there’s no doubt that Brexit has invigorated that conversation. In last month’s general election, Northern Ireland returned more nationalist MPs than unionists for the first time. She declined to comment on her plans for the future, but said: “I’ve got plenty of drive and energy and enthusiasm left in me so this is not going to be the last of Martina Anderson whatever happens.

Source: Irish Examiner January 30, 2020 13:18 UTC