Brexit deal ‘accelerates possibility of a united Ireland within next 25 years’

A peer has warned Brexit could lead to a united Ireland within the next 25 years (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

A united Ireland could emerge within the next 25 years given the “disaster” created by Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, a former UK cabinet minister has predicted.

David Blunkett said the European single market “effectively continues” in Northern Ireland under the terms of the agreement reached between the UK and the EU, with a border in the Irish Sea.