right now seem pretty far apart. if you listen to lord foster, he says you listen to lord foster, he says you are going to need a real rewrite of the protocol to make it workable and he insists on removing the european court ofjustice oversight role. the eu says, yes, it will refine the protocol but it will not redesign it. we have heard its proposals today, it wants to make daily life in northern ireland more workable but it will not get rid of the european court ofjustice's role, it says, as long as northern ireland follows the rules of the european single market for goods. so what does this mean? does it mean it is almost inevitable that the government will trigger article 16, the ability to suspend part or parts of the northern line protocol? lord foster said he would rather not do it but he will if he thinks that peace in northern ireland is at stake and the talks collapsed. the eu says that stability of northern ireland is at risk by trying to rewrite the protocol. it says it is preparing for every eventuality, germany and france have asked for