to the trading arrangements for northern ireland in the original brexit deal. there ve been several efforts to break the deadlock all have failed. dr clare rice is a politics researcher at liverpool university, specialising in northern irish politics. in terms of when it comes to the dup describing this as a break and calling it a fake, describing it as a break with no brake pads, help us understand what the opposition is to this particular deal. the understand what the opposition is to this particular deal. this particular deal. the position needs to be this particular deal. the position needs to be read this particular deal. the position needs to be read in this particular deal. the position needs to be read in the - this particular deal. the position needs to be read in the contextl this particular deal. the position l needs to be read in the context of wider comments that have been made more generally. in looking at the area in particular, uncertainty and rejection of that
with checks carried out. northern ireland s largest party, the democratic unionist party is opposed to the deal. the truth is, this is not a stormont brake, it s a fake and it should be rejected by the house and does not protect the union, does not protect democracy northern ireland it would not get the assembly back and running again. to really put this into context, let s remind ourselves of the state of play in northern ireland. it s governed by what s known as a power sharing executive where the largest parties govern together. but that arrangement has been suspended since february 2022. that s because the dup collapsed the executive over its opposition to the trading arrangements for northern ireland in the original brexit deal. there ve been several efforts to break the deadlock all have failed. dr clare rice is a politics researcher at liverpool university specialising in northern irish politics.
but i do think we are inching towards conclusion and i really want to thank the uk government, the european commission and the northern ireland parties for the level of engagements that they ve done in recent months to get us to this point. we just encourage everyone to go the extra mile to come to an agreement, because the benefits are huge. it allows us to have the northern ireland assembly and executive back up and running in the north, to have the good friday agreement working properly again and also to put relations between the united kingdom and ireland and the european union on a much more positive footing. and that s really important, given all the other challenges we face, particularly with inflation and the war in ukraine. let s speak now to dr clare rice, research associate at the university of liverpool, specialising in northern irish politics. thank you forjoining us. at the moment that seemed to be quite a low up moment that seemed to be quite a low up in the air. but the
in northern ireland is about to fall as the deadlock over post brexit trading arrangements continues. if the political parties at stormont can t agree to form an administration, the uk government will have a legal duty at midnight to call a snap assembly election. ahead of the deadline, the secretary of state for northern ireland, chris heaton harris, is in dublin for talks. let s speak now to dr clare rice, research associate at the university of liverpool, specialising in northern irish politics. good to have you with us. the clock is ticking down to midnight cinderella like but will we actually see anything happening today? actually see anything happening toda ? , . v actually see anything happening toda ? , ., , ., actually see anything happening toda? , , today? yes, that s an interesting . uestion. today? yes, that s an interesting question- it s today? yes, that s an interesting question. it s an today? yes, that s an interesting question. it s an extension i today? yes, t