DUP MP likens EU handling of Northern Ireland to Russia annexing Crimea
He urged prime minister Boris Johnson to oppose the EU as much as he opposes Russia’s treatment of Ukraine.
He urged prime minister Boris Johnson to oppose the EU as much as he opposes Russia’s treatment of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Truss insisted that it is her “absolute priority” to solve the “unintended consequences” created by Brexit in Northern Ireland, quoting issues such as red tape.
“Juvenile, pathetic, moronic, self indulgent, narcissistic fool who jokes as people get sick, as people die, as families grieve."
“If the UK government can’t or won’t act, then unionism will and soon," the DUP has warned.
“Earlier in the year we had people back out on the streets again. There was civil unrest, there was violence on the streets."
The moves are part of an intensification of the DUP’s campaign of opposition to post-Brexit arrangements that have created trading barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
He accused the administration in Dublin of only advocating for the nationalist side of the community in Northern Ireland and ignoring the concerns unionists have over the imposition of Irish Sea trade barriers under the terms of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
"The saddest thing of all for Edwin Poots is that he’s not even a record-breaker: Diane James was leader of UKIP for 18 days in 2016," one person said.
DUP leader Edwin Poots accused the EU of doing “demonstrable harm to every individual in Northern Ireland”.
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