Of course the result is a bad one. But we encourage the party to co-govern in Northern Ireland, so can scarcely object if now does so too in the Irish Republic.
An extremist party is gaining support – from those wishing to protest housing shortages and hospital overcrowding.
All those named inadvertently paved the way for Britain’s exit. They feature an American President, a Supreme Court judge – and a quango.
And he says that UK ambassadors reportedly being told not to sit alongside their EU counterparts “comes across as a bit petty”.
This is Ireland’s deal as much as the UK’s. So the Taoiseach has an interest in assisting the Prime Minister over extension.
“Asking for more time is pointless and foolish,” Jacob Rees-Mogg argues. Also: why he believes leaving the EU will strengthen the Union.
The Taoiseach adds that the deal finalised today “creates a unique solution for Northern Ireland”.
By being so scornful, his critics have set a low bar for him. We are about to see whether he can astonish them by bounding over it.
The Prime Minister himself has said that the May Withdrawal Agreement is dead – and dual-tariff systems for Northern Ireland would be unacceptable.
We can begin to see how a deal can now be agreed and then pass Parliament. But the obstacles are still formidable.
The Prime Minister and Taoiseach met today to try to break the deadlock over the Northern Irish backstop.
The Irish Government have failed to grasp the extent to which unionist concerns would be listened in London.
Also: Johnson says he’ll refuse the SNP legal authorisation for another independence referendum; Varadkar warned against imposing settlement on unionists.
More broadly, there is a lead for Irish unification of 46 per cent to 45 per cent – a statistical tie.
Leo Varadkar summed it up by saying, “I think it’s a positive thing that we have a decisive outcome in Britain.”