Political editor Sam McBride on Brexit, Stormont and USSR plans to attack Northern Ireland

Dear Voornaam,

Our political editor Sam McBride continues to hold politicians and their policies to account. In recent pieces he has examined how Brexit is impacting business and food supplies coming into Northern Ireland.

He has also been diving into the declassified archives at the Public Record Office giving us a glimpse into local and international political thinking as previously sealed files are opened.

Here we have hand-picked five recent stories which we think you will enjoy reading.

Revealed after 37 years: The five Northern Ireland targets the Government expected the USSR to attack in a nuclear war

Irish Government did secret deal with Gerry Adams to free IRA prisoners days after 1994 ceasefire, declassified file reveals

Irish Sea border which Secretary of State Brandon Lewis claims doesn’t exist empties shelves and ends business in Northern Ireland

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The Team at The News Letter