Understanding Brexit and the Issues Holding Up the UK Leaving the EU
Prime Minister Theresa May is writing to the EU to formally ask for Brexit to be postponed. The chief stumbling block in the UK for Brexit is the issue of a physical border between Northern Ireland and Ireland – which for a number of reasons could reignite old passions and lead to violence, something the 1.5 million Massachusetts residents of Irish descent remember well. Boston College Political Science Professor David Deese, who just returned from the UK to study Brexit prospects, joins Sue to discuss.