The Guardian view on the Brexit backstop: getting Ireland wrong again | Editorial

History is repeating itself as English Conservatives once again fail to understand the Irish dimension of their doctrinaire political obsessionsOstensibly, Theresa May went on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday to address all the listeners. In reality, however, her aim was to reach an audience of fewer than 200. The people she wanted to influence are the Conservative MPs who hold her government’s future in their hands next Tuesday in the votes on her Brexit deal.Mrs May’