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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Theresa May goes to Brussels and Donald Trump to hold North Korea summit

9 February 2019

9:00 AM

9 February 2019

9:00 AM

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Theresa May, the Prime Minister, went off to Brussels again to talk about ‘alternative arrangements’, for which parliament had voted, to the Irish backstop in her EU withdrawal agreement, which parliament had rejected. First she gave a speech in Northern Ireland, saying: ‘There is no suggestion that we are not going to ensure in the future there is provision for this insurance policy… the backstop.’

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