UK should stay in Customs Union to protect backstop - Bertie Ahern

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern thinks that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit Plan B which is expected to be announced today, has “probably been cooking up for months” not just since last week following the failed vote in the House of Commons.

UK should stay in Customs Union to protect backstop - Bertie Ahern

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern thinks that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit Plan B which is expected to be announced today, has “probably been cooking up for months” not just since last week following the failed vote in the House of Commons.

He told the Pat Kenny show on Newstalk that “tinkering around” with “the next best idea” was not ideal.

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