the irish sea is because the board is open between northern ireland and the republic of ireland which is in the republic of ireland which is in the eu, so goods which come from the rest of the uk and go to northern ireland and remained in northern ireland and remained in northern ireland and remained in northern ireland and do not cross the border into the republic. the cheques currently supposed to be carried out, and the british government has ignored a lot, but the cheques they are carried out would be done on goods destined for the eu, in other words for the republic of ireland. to some extent, that would lessen the gap between northern ireland and the gap between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, because you would not have these checks. that would not have these checks. that would be seen as a step forward. other things the government is currently unable to do because in some respects northern ireland remains inside the eu s single market rules. imposing a vat cut, perhaps
borisjohnson? in the mag well, borisjohnson of course is the gentleman who brought us the irish sea border and petitioned the united kingdom to the protocol so i think one approaches it with that in mind. a thing, though, he to suggest that the government should not squander such leveraged as the protocol bill gives the government by the fundamentals here are realising that the protocol, yes, it is about economics but fundamentally, it is an assault on the constitution of the united kingdom because under the protocol, a part of the united kingdom, northern ireland, are subject to and within the ambit of the eu s customs code which decrees that gb, the other part of the united kingdom as a foreign country when it comes to trading with northern ireland and we are also subject to the eu single market rules which mean that northern ireland alone within united kingdom are subject to laws made in a foreign legislature, namely, the european parliament. find foreign legislature, namely, the e
the eu from the point of view of brussels because they can form eu regulations. eu law for goods, and certainly a lot of it applies in northern ireland, if you are then talking about a red and green channel, you are abandoning that concept of only products that are compliant with the single market rules, potentially heading anywhere near the single market. that is the foundation on which the protocol is based. so, for the eu to give that “p based. so, for the eu to give that up would be quite a big deal. in terms of the response by the eu today, i suspect this will not, as far as they are concerned, count as the unilateral action from the uk that rips up the protocol that brussels clears. i think liz truss saying let s carry on negotiating and we will have this insurance policy for the uk domestically, i don t think that goes quite far enough for this to blow up the talks today. i think we ll be in a place where the two sides are continuing to negotiate for several months yet. yes, s
are compliant with the single market rules, potentially heading anywhere near the single market. that is the foundation on which the protocol is based, so for the eu to give that up would be quite a big deal. in terms of the response by the eu today, i suspect this will not come as far as they are concerned, count as the unilateral action from the uk that rips up the protocol that brussels fears. i think liz truss saying let s carry on negotiating and we will have this insurance policy for the uk domestically, i don t think that goes quite far enough for this to blow up the talks today, so i think we will be in a place where the two sides are continuing to negotiate for several months yet. we re joined now by our correspondent charlotte gallagher at stormont. that is where the northern ireland assembly should sit if it was functioning, but it s not. so, there was a visit yesterday by boris
has to stay in place. northern ireland continuing to follow single market rules, the european court of justice the ultimate arbiter of that. so again, it is this idea of british sovereignty versus the eu trying to protect it single market. it may sound like a familiar argument, but it is entering a new phase. thank you very much, jessica parker, in brussels. in a moment, we ll talk to our ireland correspondent, chris page. he s in belfast. but first, let s go tojonathan blake in westminster. jonathan, there are claims that this was the british government s tactic all along. was the british government s tactic all alonu. , ~ all along. yesterday, the brexit minister lord all along. yesterday, the brexit minister lord frost all along. yesterday, the brexit minister lord frost said - all along. yesterday, the brexit minister lord frost said the - all along. yesterday, the brexit minister lord frost said the uk| all along. yesterday, the brexit - minister lord frost said the uk had sig