British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in Belfast to start selling the new post-Brexit trading arrangements he agreed with Brussels, seeking to get unionists onside to finally break the political deadlock in the province
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told Sky News Sunak would talk through the practicalities of what's been agreed, adding that the government had taken on board the concerns of the unionists who fear any loosening of ties with London.
"We listened very, very carefully to the people, the businesses and the elected representatives in Northern Ireland," he said. British newspapers, including those that backed a harder line against Brussels, welcomed the concessions achieved byalthough they said it was too soon to know whether it would be enough to get the DUP to return to power sharing.
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