A joint payment for joint control of Northern Ireland

A letter from Ian Fawley, which was first published in our print edition on October 26:

Surely, Joint Authority is not an arrangement that London and Dublin governments can decide upon?

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Letter to the editor

It would have to be passed by the Westminster parliament.

Has anything changed since Irish politician Des O Malley said 30 years ago: “Joint Authority means paying half and we can’t afford it!”

Ian Fawley, Southport, Merseyside

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