Sinn Féin could have “neutralised” the Democratic Unionist Party’s crucial veto on the outcome of Brexit by taking their seats at Westminster, former taoiseach John Bruton has said. Mr Bruton referred to Sinn Féin’s refusal to take their seats at Westminster after the poll. “The historic precedent shows that when you don’t take your seats, there is always a price to be paid for it. There was a price paid then too,” he told The Irish Times afterwards. “There are some similarities here to the over interpretation, in our neighbouring island of the Brexit mandate of 2016.

Source: The Irish Times December 15, 2018 14:03 UTC