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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll

Johnson’s Brexit left ‘wholly negative legacy’ across Ireland, says new SDLP leader

a woman taking a selfie with other smiling people
Claire Hanna, centre, after being re-elected as MP for Belfast South and Mid Down in July. The SDLP was squeezed into fifth place in the last Stormont elections in 2022. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Boris Johnson left a “wholly negative legacy” for the island of Ireland but difficulties in Northern Ireland also stem from a “stinking status quo” that has stifled ambition and drive for change, the new leader of the Social Democratic and Labour party has said.

Weeks after taking over from Colum Eastwood, Claire Hanna, spoke about her plans to revive the SDLP, pull Northern Ireland out of past mindsets and fight for new partnerships with Dublin on health and other public services.

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