withdrawal agreement has created an internal border within the uk and they are refusing to resume power sharing at stormont until it is removed. the new legislation would establish a green lane for goods remaining in northern ireland, while goods heading into the eu across the irish border would go through a red lane . it also has provisions what would ensure vat changes that would ensure vat changes in the uk would apply in northern ireland. and it proposes changes to the european court s oversight within the uk. despite the furious reaction from dublin and the threat of legal action the prime minister insist the changes are trivial. what is does is it creates unnecessary barriers on trade east, west. what we can do is fix that, it s not a big deal, we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north, south in the island of ireland as well. and this was the response to the proposals from the european union vic