Episode 3: The Backstop

Year ‘21 by BBC

Jan 30, 202319:41Society & Culture

The fear of Home Rule led to a split in unionism; Irish Unionists who insisted the whole of the island must stay in the United Kingdom and Ulster Unionists who supported a backstop to protect the north-east. We visit a b...

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