Peter Hain: hard Brexit puts Northern Ireland peace process at risk

Hain says a hard Brexit ‘could do profound damage’ to the peace process if it restricts use of the border with the Republic of Ireland.The government’s push for a hard Brexit could come “at a dangerously high cost” for peace across the Irish border, a former Northern Ireland secretary has warned as the article 50 bill is scrutinised in the Lords.Peter Hain, who became a peer in 2015, said reintroducing controls on the border might undermine a sectarian peace process