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why should i bother? cor! what a year! let s try to make christmas a little brighter, shall we? i marks & spencer said it won t be sending some christmas products over the irish sea because of the red tape and there was due to be a ban on the british banger being brought into northern ireland, as chilled meats cannot be imported under eu rules. but the eu has indicated it will now reduce the paperwork. the proposals are understood to include a unique agreement on food to reduce checks on food and drink products moving over the irish sea, an arrangement to allow the sale of chilled meats to continue and the eu said it will change its laws to solve the problems which are posing a threat to the supply of medicines in northern ireland. it is this robust package of practical, imaginative solutions we can continue to implement the protocol on ireland, northern ireland for the benefit of all communities on the ground. but logistics are only part of the problem.
not changed at all so how are you changing your mind on this and claiming it sa changing your mind on this and claiming it s a matter of principle because everything is as it was when we signed it. because everything is as it was when we signed it we signed it. there has been activations we signed it. there has been activations on we signed it. there has been activations on both we signed it. there has been activations on both sides - we signed it. there has beeni activations on both sides and we signed it. there has been. activations on both sides and i we signed it. there has been - activations on both sides and i have no doubt remainers would say you signed up to this lloyd frost and ewing knew what the implications of it were but we are entitled to assume that both brussels and the british government signed up to this impending to comply with it. it s just that over the course of the first few months of implementation maybe it has not worked as either side imagined it would.
this is an ideological battle too. loyalist communities view any type of border in the irish sea as severing northern ireland s link with the uk, integral to unionist identity here. if we do not kill this protocol, it will kill the union. for the most staunch unionists, the eu s proposals won t go far enough. they still fall far short of what is needed to make the fundamental change that is required, but we recognise there is a negotiating process that will happen now. i would much rather that there was no brexit, i would much rather that there was no protocol. but we are now where we are and it is our view that the protocol guarantees to predictions for the good friday agreement, the all ireland economy and it ensures there is no border imposed on the island of ireland. the uk government has also called to an end of the role