Dublin’s unicorn: no land border checks in no-deal Brexit
Varadkar says there could be checks at ports on whole island of Ireland if UK crashes out. It’s not just Brexiters who believe in fantasy.
Brussels is poised to unpick May’s White Paper
The growing fear amongst EU negotiators is that there is no Brexit deal which can win a majority in the Westminster parliament.
Real story is PM’s incompetence not EU intransigence
May created smokescreen to hide her failure to make progress on Brexit talks at summit by accusing fellow leaders of putting lives at risk.
Might Tory Brexiters ditch DUP if push comes to shove?
What if Brextremists decided only way to get hard border for Britain was to accept sea border and abandon their allies in Ulster?
Irish ideologies making May’s Brexit impossible
The PM’s delicate house of cards has been blasted by DUP. Time to face facts: a workable deal cannot be negotiated as Irish tensions boil.
Ireland plays its cards shrewdly
Leo Varadkar denies being in hurry to unite Ireland politically. But the PM is playing clever game to keep it united economically.
5 new things that could make or break Brexit talks
Davis and Barnier give impression little has moved on. But there’s plenty of activity from frustrated players behind the scenes.
Northern Ireland discord poisons broader Brexit talks
It’s not just DUP whose revolutionary Brexit zeal limits May’s room for manoeuvre; Sinn Fein’s stances restrict Varadkar’s freedom too.
3 ways Davis and Barnier exposed depths of Brexit logjam
A press conference following the third round of Brexit talks shone a light on exactly why progress isn’t being made on some issues.
Teeing up the Brexit blame game
Who will take the rap if Brexit falls apart? The Brexiter blame game has already begun, with sights trained squarely on Brussels.
Weekly round-up: More positions, fewer migrants, canapes
InFacts looks back at all the Brexit developments in the week from August 19 to 25.
A grown-up offers the UK some advice
New Irish taoiseach deftly deflates UK hopes for an invisible, high-tech inter-Irish border.