Theresa May is to be hauled in front of an emergency meeting of the National Conservative Convention (NCC) in June after grassroots Conservatives demanded her resignation over her failure to deliver Brexit. Irish deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney, however, warned the party changes in the leadership will not have the European Union change their stance on the controversial backstop included in the divorce deal to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Coveney said: "These realities don’t change. This is not a personality-based issue, it’s an evidence-based issue.
"Within the current withdrawal agreement that’s available and that has been negotiated with the British Prime Minister, there are the flexibilities there to look at alternative arrangements to the backstop.
"If they work and if they stand up, they can replace the backstop but we have to move forward on the basis of knowing that we are not going to see the kind of damage done on the island of Ireland that the imposition of a border would result in."
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar had previously warned the British Government EU-Irish solidarity "will not diminish" and that Ireland's concerns about the potential impact of Brexit on the island had become "the European Union's concerns."
Despite repeated attempts to pressure the EU into reopening discussions over the backstop to allow Theresa May to win support to pass her withdrawal deal in the Commons, the European Union has refused to budge.
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Brexit news: Coveney insisted the backstop will not change even if May is forced to resign (Image: PARLIAMENT TV•SKY NEWS)
