Disintegration Nation

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government · Apr 8, 2021 · 40m

As street violence convulses Northern Ireland, is the border in the Irish Sea producing exactly the crisis the Government were warned of? And will the expiry of the Grace Period make things worse? Special guest Ailbhe Rea, the New Statesman’s political correspondent and host of its podcast, explains what’s behind the tensions. Plus, will elections in Scotland and Wales push the UK closer to break-up? And No.10’s growing vaccine confidence problem.

“The Union is under the biggest threat it’s seen since the crisis in Ireland that created it.” – Jill Rutter

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