Tony Blair: any review of Good Friday agreement must be a compromise

Comments come as Joe Biden prepares to fly in to meet Rishi Sunak and give speech in Belfast to mark 25th anniversary of pact

The former British prime minister Tony Blair has said the Good Friday agreement “should be reviewed over time” but warned that any review had to come from compromise, warning “the distrust is still there.”

Joe Biden will arrive in Northern Ireland at 9.30pm on Tuesday night as he begins a visit marking the 25th anniversary of the pact, though Blair sounded a note of caution on the influence he believed the US president could have on restoring power sharing in Northern Ireland.