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Arlene Foster urges Boris Johnson to replace NI protocol [_link]— Guardian news (@guardiannews) January 30, 2021
Arlene Foster urges Boris Johnson to replace NI protocol [_link]
EU vaccine row 'political penalty kick for unionists' | BBC News | Whatever the sequencing and the hard conversation between Dublin and Brussels, political parties in Northern Ireland are already picking through the wreckage to salvage what they can. For Sinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance, it is all about damage limitation and ensuring Brussels has learned lessons from its costly political blunder. But for the DUP and Ulster Unionists, it has supercharged their onslaught on the Northern Ireland protocol. They can say that, at the first sign of trouble, Brussels effectively advocated for the same hard land border it had fought years to prevent. It was a political penalty kick for unionists into an open goal. Now the glass is broken they want London to push the same emergency Article 16 button.
Whatever the sequencing and the hard conversation between Dublin and Brussels, political parties in Northern Ireland are already picking through the wreckage to salvage what they can.
For Sinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance, it is all about damage limitation and ensuring Brussels has learned lessons from its costly political blunder.
But for the DUP and Ulster Unionists, it has supercharged their onslaught on the Northern Ireland protocol.
They can say that, at the first sign of trouble, Brussels effectively advocated for the same hard land border it had fought years to prevent.
It was a political penalty kick for unionists into an open goal.
Now the glass is broken they want London to push the same emergency Article 16 button.
Nationalism and the global SARS CoV-2 pandemic ... getting it wrong most of the time! From herd immunity to economic favors to failing to protect the frontline workers and vulnerable persons in society. Guardianship and responsibility in leadership.
Hoarding Covid-19 vaccines `keeps the pandemic burning', says WHO | Irish Times |
Have been following the spat closely all week ... some the anger growing. AstraZenica shipping doses vaccine from EU manufacturing and now cannot meet contract commitments to the EU. BoJo feeling fine for one more stab in the back of Brussels. A Trumpian act ...
Yet the commitment to provide vaccine to the EU was one part of the deal. The other part of the contract was for global supply of vaccine from the India manufacturing plant ... also with massive EU funding.
Our commitment to the people of Northern Ireland and our Union is unshakeable. Recent EU moves have undermined the Protocol & understandably provoked concern. Let me underline that, now & in the future, Northern Ireland's place in the UK will be protected and strengthened. 1/2— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) February 2, 2021
Our commitment to the people of Northern Ireland and our Union is unshakeable. Recent EU moves have undermined the Protocol & understandably provoked concern. Let me underline that, now & in the future, Northern Ireland's place in the UK will be protected and strengthened. 1/2
The Irish Sea Border
Has the Northern Ireland Protocol row got you like 🤯 ?Let @adamfleming explain... [_link] pic.twitter.com/UP9W8jkZbr— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 3, 2021
Has the Northern Ireland Protocol row got you like 🤯 ?Let @adamfleming explain... [_link] pic.twitter.com/UP9W8jkZbr
DUP denies whipping up NI Protocol fears
.@eastantrimmp "There is a border on the Irish Sea. There is a disruption of trade between NI and GB, and vice versa... The truth of the matter is, the people of NI are not experiencing the full benefits of being UK citizens that they had before the 31st December." pic.twitter.com/RB0X7LEb6G— DUP (@duponline) February 3, 2021
.@eastantrimmp "There is a border on the Irish Sea. There is a disruption of trade between NI and GB, and vice versa... The truth of the matter is, the people of NI are not experiencing the full benefits of being UK citizens that they had before the 31st December." pic.twitter.com/RB0X7LEb6G
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