Imposing abortion laws on Northern Ireland from Westminster belies claims to support democracy

MPs yesterday debated extending the abortion law in Northern Ireland. You can read the Guardian report here. It was interesting that the entire article was

Why Northern Ireland should not have the Irish Referendum result imposed on them by Westminster

Shami Chakrabarti has been on Radio 4’s Today programme discussing the Irish Referendum result, insisting that Theresa May should impose the same decision on Northern Ireland.