in an emergency, and if the uk did that, the eu would probably retaliate somehow and that is what we could be looking at, some think that looked a bit like a uk eu trade war. . ~' that looked a bit like a uk eu trade war. ., ~ , ., that looked a bit like a uk eu trade war. . ~ , ., y that looked a bit like a uk eu trade war. ., ~ y., , . let's speak to our ireland correspondent chris page. tell us what it has been like in the ground across northern ireland in terms of the impact of these checks on goods being taken from gb to where you are?— where you are? here in northern ireland, where _ where you are? here in northern ireland, where again _ where you are? here in northern ireland, where again this - where you are? here in northern ireland, where again this part . where you are? here in northern ireland, where again this part of| ireland, where again this part of the uk is finding itself at the sharp end of relations between the uk and eu, the impact of the protocol works on two levels, practical and political. the practical and political. the practical is about the degree of disruption which has been suffered by businesses, particularly those who have been getting most of their supplies from england, scotland and wales. they have been saying they have had delays in deliveries, and now some companies in the rest of the uk have stopped delivering to northern ireland altogether because