The government today issued a fresh election ultimatum as talks over the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol ended in London with no deal.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said that if a powersharing agreement is not in place by October 28, he will call for a fresh vote in a hope of ending turmoil in Stormont.
But Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said such a move would add further division amid fraught relations between parties, branding it an "unnecessary election".
