Theresa May now facing calls to push for reform of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws – Independent.ie

Theresa May has faced calls to push for reform of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws after the Irish referendum. If the landslide indicated by exit poll data in Ireland is confirmed, Northern Ireland will soon become the only part of Britain and Ireland where terminations are all but outlawed. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said…

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Europe Is Facing 4 Existential Tests. Can It Hold Together? – The New York Times

Geert Wilders, the Dutch far-right leader, center, campaigning in Valkenburg on Saturday. Credit Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press The risk of European disintegration looks significantly more real this week. Multiple crises, each a symptom and cause of the continent’s deepest problems, are converging simultaneously. Britain took a step toward leaving the European Union, and Scotland toward independence….

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For the first time in my life, the prospect of a united Ireland is not only credible but inevitable | The Independent

In order for the UK to enact its post-Brexit immigration policies and leave the single market, it must be able to control its borders. It is impossible to overstate the horror with which such a wall between the north and south would be greeted scald=4585456:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] END scald=4585456 St Patrick’s Day celebrations:…

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