Brexit Britain Collides With Irish Soft Power in Washington
Ireland’s diplomatic campaign to capitalize on its historical ties in the U.S. is paying off at a critical time.
A poster in support of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden in his ancestral hometown of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.
Photographer: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images
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When Nancy Pelosi arrived in Dublin in April last year after a couple of days in London, her reception could hardly have been more different.
On her visit to the U.K., the House Speaker and one of the most powerful figures in American politics had been lectured by Brexit supporters. She’d been hosted at Downing Street, but by the chancellor of the exchequer rather than Theresa May, the prime minister at the time.