Brexit Borderlands

A forgotten hinterland with a dark past: explore the EU's newest land frontier, Britain's oldest problem and Brexit's biggest obstacle

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The DUP’s Brexit spokesman, Sammy Wilson MP, continues to demand the backstop be scrapped, forcing the party to deny a split. Photograph: Getty Images Newton Emerson: Can the DUP sell its Brexit backstop climbdown?
The modern Irish Border as proposed in Sir James Dougherty’s final assessment, May 11th, 1914. How was the Irish Border drawn in the first place?
Border patrol: a wounded British soldier in Co Fermanagh in 1978. Photograph: Alex Bowie/Getty Diarmaid Ferriter: Wacky thinking about the Border isn’t new
‘It is safe to assume the Border is already lined with hidden cameras.’ Newton Emerson: Irish and EU must stop ridiculing Border technology
Prime Minister Theresa May (right) leaves Stormont after talks on Brexit with party leaders on the second day of her visit to Belfast. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire May hears opposing Brexit views in talks with NI parties
British prime minister Theresa May speaks with business representatives during her visit to Belfast on Tuesday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/Reuters The Irish Times view on Theresa May’s Belfast visit: glaring contradictions

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