UK could be flexible on details of N, Ireland veto, customs plan

Britain's Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain, October 6,2019, - Reuters

LONDON: Britain is open to some flexibility on the proposed mechanism that would allow lawmakers in post-Brexit Northern Ireland to decide whether the British province remains in regulatory alignment with the European Union, its Brexit minister said.

The mechanism, set out in London's latest Brexit proposals, aims to resolve the biggest sticking point in negotiations: the currently seamless border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.