Author: Frank Schnittger

Letter to the Editor, Irish Times A chara, – John Lloyd (Opinion & Analysis, January 25th) argues that Fintan O’Toole has got it all wrong when he argues that Brexit is caused, in part, by a nostalgia for an...

Faced with the possibility of Brexit being delayed, or even reversed, members of the DUP and ERG are beginning to moderate their positions and are suggesting that May’s deal could be passed if only the hated Irish Backstop...

The back-stop is that part of May’s now half dead deal with the EU whereby all parties committed themselves formally to what they all claim to be committed to in practice: No hard policed customs border in Ireland....

Over two and a half years after the referendum Theresa May has finally decided to reach across the aisle and try to build a national consensus around her Brexit deal. She has begun talking to Labour MPs who have been saying for...

Yours truly and Luis de Sousa have been using the Charge of the Light Brigade as a metaphor for the UK’s brainless charge for Brexit. But perhaps it is Boris Johnson himself who came up with the more apt metaphor when he...