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Borders, Brexit & New Leaders: What the Hell is Happening in Northern Ireland? – TLDR News
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Northern Ireland has been going through a fair bit of political turmoil recently, with governments collapsing and new leaders left right and center. So in this video, we try to explain the chaos and what it means for the future of Northern Ireland and the Union.
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1 – https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/northern-ireland-protocol-judicial-review-dup-arlene-foster-b1805354.html
2 – https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/30/belfast-court-dismisses-legal-challenge-to-brexit-northern-ireland-protocol
3 – http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2010/executive-review/10210.pdf
4 – https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/northern-ireland-political-crisis
5 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019
6 – https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-borders-and-bedlam-the-political-crisis-in-northern-ireland-is-far-from-over-12337180
7 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57516463
8 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yh30nWCZ3Ln2bCmh0gkJb?si=6cbc3bd3aea647d3
9 – https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/14/edwin-poots-dup-new-creationist-leader-is-a-savvy-politician
10 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57115975
11 – https://twitter.com/RosamundUrwin/status/1393537956619694080
12 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk7BdLzqloHfVaBHTlJkm?si=6193869573ab495
13 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Poots
14 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bk7BdLzqloHfVaBHTlJkm?si=6193869573ab4959
15 – https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/trouble-for-the-dup-as-support-slumps-to-new-low-of-16-40456107.html
16 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57730303
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Gov UK NPPF
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Gov UK Full Steam Ahead to Fast Track More Homes Near Stations
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/full-steam-ahead-to-fast-track-more-homes-near-stations
The Guardian Loosening of Planning Rules in England to Allow More New Homes Near Stations
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/17/loosening-planning-rules-england-more-homes-train-stations-rayner
Local Government Association National Planning Policy Framework Response
https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/national-planning-policy-framework-lga-response
Independent Minister Admits New Homes Could Be Built on Green Belt
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/green-belt-grey-housing-building-labour-trains-b3034056.html
House of Commons Library Overview of the Planning System (England)
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10752/
Planoraks NPPF2026
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Housing Today A Pretty Bold Swing – New NPPF
https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/a-pretty-bold-swing-new-nppf-ushers-in-an-era-of-permissive-nationally-led-planning-policy-but-could-be-scuppered-by-viability-crisis/5143747.article
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FT Reform Paid Tice Loan on Same Day as £1m Donated by Mother of Farage Aid Cottrell
https://www.ft.com/content/4abf8011-5570-4ad7-9170-fa655295070a
BBC News Police Investigate Donations by Tice Company to Reform UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv4r5g55do
The Guardian Millions of Pounds and Many, Many Questions
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/08/untold-story-why-reform-figures-face-nca-scrutiny-nigel-farage
BBC News Reform UK’s Richard Tice Investigated by Parliamentary Standards Watchdog
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqe24qjgzdo
Reuters Reform UK Deputy Leader Tice Investigated by Parliamentary Watchdog
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-standards-watchdog-investigating-reform-uk-deputy-leader-tice-2026-08-03/
Bloomberg Reform UK Leaders Sue National Crime Agency Amid Donations Row
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-07/reform-uk-leaders-sue-national-crime-agency-amid-donations-row
ITV News Met Police Investigate Donations by Richard Tice Company
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-07-26/met-police-investigate-donations-by-richard-tice-company-to-reform-uk
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/61
YouGov Party Favourability Ratings July 2026
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55307-party-favourability-ratings-july-2026
YouGov Support for Clacton By-Election
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@sabinenadal8470
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
the only thing Unionists would agree to is a hard border between NI and ROI. That's what they actually want (without saying it clearly of course). And that would be a disaster for peace in the region
@joprocter4573
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Northern Ireland betrayed by westminister for 40yrs bad goes to badder.. English. Scots and Welsh time to STAND SIDE TO SIDE WITH NORTHERN IRISH. EQUAL CITIZENS. WHY HOST FOREIGNERS BUT NOT KEEP NI
@joprocter4573
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
EU OUT OF NORTHERN IRELAND UK.
MICHELE WAS IRA MEMBER MCGUINESS IRA SINN FEIN MINISTERS PROTÉGÉ..
MR POOTS NEVER IN DARK AGES YOU PORTRAY.
@johnkeating4221
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Northern Ireland is a thorn in the side that the UK Government created for themselves and I am sure now would gladly get rid of.
@dylanduke1075
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Anyone else get pissed off at the saltire being used to represent nationalists instead of the tricolour?
@danielgill797
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Complicated
@ronhey7013
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
We are out and it is nothing to do with the e u if the. E U don't like it then e
U can put a boarder in Ire so e u get lost 🇬🇧🤪🇬🇧🤪
@joprocter4573
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Go on Arlene clarify northern Ireland. Story so embellished it needs clarity to get normal British ppl right behind our country
@jamiewest4701
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Thank you. Great to have it explained.
I favour a United Ireland.
@petesquire2954
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Whats wrong with a united Ireland; the UK which already excludes The Channel Islands and the isle of Man,will still be Great Britain."Beyond the Pale" no longer means unacceptable anyway. Its Europe Day today; ReUnite.
@TheMrsnikkisixx
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Watching this after the most recent elections. This entire thing was wholly predictable thanks to Brexshit. There is no solution (at least not 1 that keeps everyone happy), and there never was. I said that in 2016, and yet here we STILL are. Funny that. It's just a shame certain ends of the political spectrum can't admit that Brexshit was always going to be impossible with NI, but thanks to the British Govt (who clearly didn't think that over either) we are where we are. What a mess.
@mealdeal9720
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
not "laygan Valley", "Lagan Valley"
@BabaBest2000
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Wait, the world is 6000 years old?
@greywolf4330
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
The voice of the Majority of Northern Irish people should be heard! They like the Protocol. The DUP like their founder just Shout and Shout and they are devoid of any ideas other than to say No to everything. John Hume and Co. told them decades ago to see what was coming (A United Ireland) and start negotiating from a position of strength, of course they didn't and now it's too late… It's on the doorstep.
The mass resettlement of the Unionists back to Britian is probably the best option for them.
Of course the Britian they think exists disappeared a long time ago. Oops!
There is no good outcome for the DUPs of this world. The Irish don't want them, the majority in Northern Ireland don't either, so could you take them in please Britian 🙄
@HarlemSexyBlaqkat
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
😓 this is confusing 😭
@zx10rmac84
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
Irish is not spoken in Northern Ireland unless you are the 3% that hide the fact.. You can't force mexican on Germans 🤔
@gia2371_b
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
3:28 Paul Givan resigned days ago. How this aged well.
@georgebisacre9413
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
The cry was "NO SURENDER"
@envysart797
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
The irony of the DUP trying to bring a lawsuit against the U.K. government on the basis that the protocol violates the GFA is not lost on me.
@ItzMattUK
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
It’s a tough one over here, and that’s probably the nicest way of putting it. I was raised Protestant however I’ve now removed that and I don’t feel like I fall in either the Protestant or Catholic camp. The big issue is that the parties in Stormont are so territorial now that no matter what happens they’ll never change their ways.
As a gay man I was relieved to hear that gay marriage had been passed however on the flip side the parties in Stormont are trying to diminish and even overturn that ruling which makes me feel like a second or third class citizen. The parties always say that they want to make everything better for everyone but they just use that as a catalyst for political “clout” so to speak.
What do I think is going to happen or what should happen next? I honestly don’t know, and I don’t think any political figure over here has an idea either
@steiraman1
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
The Brexit as it is brought regulatory checks not the Protocol. The pritocol just settled where these checks take place.
The Protocol reduces checks to a bare minimum and is based on a lot of trust the EU grants the UK not to misuse this trust.
The protocol also enables businesess in NI to trade quite freely with the UK and the EU, the only place in all of Europe.
The UK government, the EU incl IRE and the US wanted no checks on the island.
Unionists were the only ones who wanted checks on the island, with all consequences.
@fdmm1522
December 22, 2023 at 9:34 am
the only solution for unionists is a hard border on the island of ireland, and only the DUP and the TUV would accept that, the uk maybe would if america wasnt invested in NI. ultimately there must be a border somewhere, and it wont be on in ireland