Brexit statement: ‘Be truthful but tender’

Britain Yearly Meeting and Ireland Yearly Meeting have reaffirmed their shared friendship and unity as the UK leaves the EU

by Rebecca Hardy 31st January 2020

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) and Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) have reaffirmed their shared friendship and unity, as the United Kingdom takes the historic move to leaves the European Union (EU).

In a joint statement that recognises Brexit as ‘a step’ in relations, and not ‘an endpoint’, the Meetings write: ‘Regardless of the changing political situation, the ties that bind us at the deepest level – those of love and human connection – remain as they ever did.