horses through the northern island protocol, part of our withdrawal agreement, which worries a lot of people, also in the republican party as well. this is something mr. johnson and his foreign secretary interest v had hard line views about and which disturbs a lot of people in europe. that could conceivably change. but i think in other respects the importance of the relationship with the united states will remain the same but, of course, it will depend hugely on who takes his place. at least ten people have put their hat in the ring already, well, informally anyway. it does sound chaotic. something we, of course, have experienced in our politics here. doug, you know it so well am you ve worked with boris johnson. he was sometimes considered the donald trump of the uk because of his populism and his appeal across parties and the way he actually managed to win in
but critics of the move, including nationalist parties and the irish government, say it could breach international law. here s our ireland correspondent, chris page. this legislation could potentially have implications for the uk s relationship with the eu, for borisjohnson s relationship with his own party, and for the future of devolution here in northern ireland. the devolved assembly remains in the deep freeze more than a month after the election to it. the dup is blocking, the assembly from eating it all after its opposition to the northern island protocol. the dup wants an end to checks on goods arriving here at belfast port, for example, from the rest of the uk, and it says it wants what it calls decisive action to remove the irish sea border. on that basis, i don t think it is very likely that the dup
eating at all over its opposition to the northern island protocol. the dup wants an end to checks on goods arriving here at belfast port, for example, from the rest of the uk, and it says it wants what it calls decisive action to remove the irish sea border. on that basis, i don t think it is very likely that the dup will soften its stance whenever this legislation is published tomorrow, at the very least, the dup want to see how the legislation is worked through. non unionist parties and the irish government have said this legislation would break the brexit treaty and therefore breach international law, but the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis has insisted it isn t the case. while the political discussion on legal wrangling will possibly continue, no end to the stale mate here which has seen northern ireland without a devolved government at a time when so many people are struggling with the rising cost of living.
news. the prime minister boris johnson has been at hillsborough castle for talked with the main northern ireland parties to urge them to resume power sharing. the largest unionists party is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post brexit trading arrangements with iiittt you which are known as the northern island protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override part of that protocol. speaking to the belfast telegraph borisjohnson said that protocol is now out of date and changes are needed. outside hillsborough castle the leader of the democratic unionist party so jeffrey donaldson unionist party sojeffrey donaldson said he unionist party so jeffrey donaldson said he wants to see northern ireland place within the united kingdom fully respected fully restored. i want to see what the government have to propose. i want the prime minister being here today and the opportunity to speak to