Brexit will not divide Britain: British PM Theresa May

TIL Desk/World/London/ British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday rejected any plans that would mean a Brexit border between Northern Ireland and neighbouring Irish Republic. Speaking to MPs in the House of Commons during her weekly questions, May said no British prime minister could ever agree to a Brexit treaty that would see borders dividing any parts of Britain.

Responding to a question by the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP David Simpson, May confirmed she will never agree to any trade borders between Northern Ireland and the rest of Britain. May said she stood by commitments she has made previously on the border issue.

She said the draft legal text the European Commission had published would, if implemented, threaten the constitutional integrity of Britain by creating a customs and regulatory border down the Irish Sea, adding: “No UK prime minister could ever agree to it.” “I will be making it crystal clear to (European Commission) President Jean-Claude Juncker and others that we will never do so,” May added.