Northern Ireland31 Jan 2019 13:03
Northern Ireland voted comfortably to stay in the EU. They are also strongly in favour of staying in the UK.
In other words, they "want their cake and eat it".
Theresa May's disastrous decision to call an election, in which she lost her majority, left her totally reliant on a rump of NI MPs (thank God Sinn Fein don't vote) so that we now have the tail wagging the dog.
My own view which is the elephant in the room that no-one wants to address, is that as the two parts of Ireland are getting on a lot better now and prefer frictionless trade across their border, we should be talking with them about a united Ireland.
That would solve everyone's problems and keep the EU happy (if that's possible). Now that would be a good cause to spend the £39 billion on.