Boris Johnson is being warned by four former Northern secretaries as well as the Northâs ex-police chief to âtake an interestâ in the region before loyalist tensions spiral further over the outcome of Brexit.
Former Archbishop of Armagh Robin Eames and Chris Patten, who oversaw reform of policing in the North, have also put their names to a joint plea for London to rebuild âbadly damagedâ relations with Dublin.
In an open letter to the British prime minister they are demanding âurgentâ intervention, adding that Downing Street âmust be honestâ with loyalists and unionists that there is likely no alternative to the Northern Ireland protocol.
Boris Johnson is being warned by four former Northern secretaries as well as the Northâs ex-police chief to âtake an interestâ in the region before loyalist tensions spiral further over the outcome of Brexit.
Former Archbishop of Armagh Robin Eames and Chris Patten, who oversaw reform of policing in the North, have also put their names to a joint plea for London to rebuild âbadly damagedâ relations with Dublin.
In an open letter to the British prime minister they are demanding âurgentâ intervention, adding that Downing Street âmust be honestâ with loyalists and unionists that there is likely no alternative to the Northern Ireland protocol.
Senior political, religious and policing figures raise violence concerns in open letter to PM Boris Johnson Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to act Connla Young
Former Secretary of State Peter Hain
A GROUP of high profile political, policing and religious figures have penned an open letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to act in the wake of recent loyalist violence.
Signatories include four former Secretaries of State Peter Hain, Peter Mandelson, Paul Murphy and Shaun Woodward as well as former PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde and former Archbishop Robin Eames.
In the letter they say they are extremely worried that loyalist violence and interface trouble is a consequence of politics.failing the people of Northern Ireland .