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UK Government attitude to Irish ‘returned to repellent’ during Brexit – Campbell

Source: PA Archive

The UK Government’s attitude to the Irish “returned a little to repellent” during Brexit, one of Tony Blair’s former top aides has said.

Alastair Campbell slammed an “almost arrogance” on the part of the current Conservative government towards Northern Ireland.

He was speaking on Ireland deputy premier Micheal Martin’s In Conservation With podcast.

There's an arrogance about the current government in its attitudes to Ireland that

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