and and that means that. you have a sort of caretaker i administration, civil servants, i outgoing ministers whojust keep the lights on and so on. where — northern ireland has probably the longest and the worst waiting lists in the nhs. i they need further investment, education, infrastructure, - all those kind of things, - and the protocol and the checks that come with the protocol. that come with the protocol, even though the majority of members of the new northern ireland assembly actually agreed to live with it, they are hurting small- and medium—sized businesses in northern ireland. _ there's no doubt about that. so there is room for negotiation in terms of, you know, - "let's not worry too much about that category of goods," and so, - so on and so forth. and the talks had been l going on for a long time, and then they were paused because of the election -