Belfast Telegraph publishes Opinion piece by Austen Morgan on Brexit

The article, entitled 'Brexit should not have been this complicated ... it was only in EU's interest to muddy the waters over Irish border', considers the 585 page draft agreement with the EU, with particular focus on the Irish border issue. It comments on the 'dogma of the Irish border problem', as evident in the Irish protocol of 174 pages, including 10 annexes.

Austen Morgan is a barrister at 33 Bedford Row Chambers. His website is available here.

Austen has published books on Northern Ireland, including Tony Blair and the IRA: The 'On the Runs' ScandalThe Belfast Agreement - a practical legal analysis and The Hand of History? legal essays on the Belfast Agreement (London, 2011).