Stephen Collins: Steve Baker’s extraordinary Brexit apology opens door to closure
After many false dawns in the Brexit process over the past six years, there is now an opportunity to bring some closure to the issue
Steve Baker, UK minister of state in Northern Ireland, speaks with Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney at a service of reflection for the life of Queen Elizabeth: Baker’s apparent Damascene conversion has been greeted with shock and a degree of cynicism by officials in Dublin. Photograph: Liam McBurney/AFP via Getty