other thing is, you asked what he s up against? he s not so much in belfast up against? he s not so much in belfast but back in west minister he s up belfast but back in west minister he s up against real opposition from the lords he s up against real opposition from the lords in he s up against real opposition from the lords in west minister. who are still fairly the lords in west minister. who are still fairly remain dominated. that s still fairly remain dominated. that s what s really interesting about that s what s really interesting about the story politically over the next few about the story politically over the next few weeks. all of english papers becca s on this, they focus on boris papers becca s on this, they focus on borisjohnson basically gone back on borisjohnson basically gone back on his on borisjohnson basically gone back on his word on borisjohnson basically gone back on his word. we know he s got back in his words on his word. we know he s got b
yet you have to have one somewhere. the fudge was this idea that northern ireland would be this special, sort of in the eu because it s on the island of ireland, sort of not in the eu because it s part of the united kingdom, and i think that the hope, particularly on the brighter side, that the hope, particularly on the brighterside, is that the hope, particularly on the brighter side, is that there would be more flexibility from the eu because the eu is known for having some very hard tough redlines, and then behind the scenes being a bit more flexible and sorting it out when it has to. that hasn t really been the case. and now we are in a situation where we just had local elections in stormont assembly elections, sinn fein, the separatists, the irish nationalist party, it s the largest party in stormont. and in orderfor that power sharing agreement to work, it s a crucial part of the northern ireland peace process, the dp have to join them in government. ireland peace process, the dp
border so what happens now is there is no border on the island of ireland but there are some checks on some goods that move from great britain into northern ireland and this is a deep source of contention especially for unionists who argue it somehow distinguishes northern ireland from the rest of the uk, which was the antithesis of the unionist perspective. tiara which was the antithesis of the unionist perspective. which was the antithesis of the unionist perspective. two of the ractical unionist perspective. two of the practical outcomes unionist perspective. two of the practical outcomes of unionist perspective. two of the practical outcomes of having - unionist perspective. two of the practical outcomes of having a l unionist perspective. two of the - practical outcomes of having a trade board are essentially down the receipt is it means northern ireland for trade purposes is essentially still in the single market and it means there is no hard border between northern ireland
lehmans terms why is this such a big deal? ., ., , ., ., deal? the northern ireland protocol is the aspect deal? the northern ireland protocol is the aspect of deal? the northern ireland protocol is the aspect of the deal? the northern ireland protocol is the aspect of the brexit is the aspect of the brexit agreement that was reached between the uk and the eu to facilitate the uk s departure as a member state, focusing on northern ireland and covers areas from the maintenance of human rights protections to trade aspects so with the uk leaving the eu that instilled the need for an external frontier of the eu to be established in terms of where that boundary would exist between the uk and the eu. the island of ireland presented a challenge to that, not least with regard to northern ireland given its troubled past, the good friday agreement, and there was a lot of difficult negotiation around where the border would be placed and what sort of form it would take and the resolution r
work. what might that mean in practical terms? work. what might that mean in practicalterms? t work. what might that mean in practical terms? work. what might that mean in practical terms? i think the only real option practical terms? i think the only real option here practical terms? i think the only real option here is practical terms? i think the only real option here is processes . practical terms? i think the only | real option here is processes that are already under way so talks between the uk and the eu with regard to minimising some of those checks on goods moving from great britain into northern ireland is a key aspect, we know there has been some progress with regard to medicines that there are areas remaining for the dup wants to see movement so the only real solution is the continuation of those talks between the uk and eu and its important to emphasise in the context of the difficulties we have, thoseissues context of the difficulties we have, those issues that are