Are we closer to a General Election as EU ambassadors meet to discuss potential #Brexit extension

Oct 25, 2019, 10:12 AM

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EU ambassadors are to meet to discuss what length of Brexit extension to offer the UK, as MPs consider Boris Johnson's call for an early election. Most EU states are understood to favour a three-month delay, with an option to end earlier if a deal is ratified sooner than this by Parliament. But France has argued for a shorter extension to the 31 October deadline.

Ahead of their conference this weekend the DUP have indicated that they could support an election in a bid to secure better terms with the EU

Stephen discussed this with Irish News journalist Allison Morris and Jon Tonge, author and Professor of Politics at University of Liverpool.