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Northern Ireland has been ignored, misunderstood, and let down by the UK government throughout the Brexit process, assembly members from across NI's political spectrum told me when I visited Belfast last week

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Stephen Farry, deputy leader of the Alliance party, said the alternative arrangements argument "misses the point" as it focuses on trade but doesn't address identity

"You have people creating overly-simplistic solutions"

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The SDLP's Claire Hanna said HMG's failure to grasp the complexities of NI was "really alarming"

She said Johnson would accept the backstop if it wasn't for the DUP

"... If you can be bought, you can be sold. And I have no doubt that the DUP will be"
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Steve Aiken, a senior figure in the Ulster Unionist Party, burst into laughter when I asked him how much he believed Johnson cared about Northern Ireland

"Boris only cares about NI because the backstop is the logjam"

Report from my trip to Stormont
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