Raab left speechless as Sophy Ridge puts him to task over NI Protocol
The deputy PM said we need to unlock the problems with the Protocol - which was agreed by Boris Johnson’s Government as part of the Brexit divorce from the EU.
The deputy PM said we need to unlock the problems with the Protocol - which was agreed by Boris Johnson’s Government as part of the Brexit divorce from the EU.
The peer said the Government had faced the choice of accepting the protocol or walking away and facing, at best, a second referendum or no Brexit at all.
Michelle O'Neill said the UK was putting the Brexit deal "in jeopardy" in an interview with Sky News.
He urged prime minister Boris Johnson to oppose the EU as much as he opposes Russia’s treatment of Ukraine.
“This announcement has created uncertainty and unpredictability and certainly no stability, so I’m not sure what the purpose of this move is … it’s an absolute breach of international law," an EU official has said.
“What worries me is the casual political vandalism. They really don’t seem to care," Tony Blair's former chief negotiator on Northern Ireland has said.
"We can post to anywhere in Europe with no customs," the Northern Irish bussinessman has said.
“If the UK government can’t or won’t act, then unionism will and soon," the DUP has warned.
"The North will not be collateral damage in the Tory chaos," Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill said.
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