TUV leader Jim Allister s Northern Ireland centenary year brings a dismantling of the union by stealth TUV leader Jim Allister 12 July, 2021 01:00
Jim Allister hasn t ruled out running Kate Hoey as a TUV assembly candidate. Picture by Rebecca Black/PA Wire
Political Correspondent John Manley hears TUV leader Jim Allister s latest take on the protocol, the DUP and the Northern Ireland centenary.
IT DOESN T take Jim Allister long to get into his familiar groove. Asked how his centenary year is going, the TUV leader s body immediately stiffens as he begins to lament how celebrations have been “deliberately stymied” through republicans “malevolent intent”.
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice It is unsurprising that the High Court in Belfast dismissed unionist politicians legal challenge against the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.
While it may be painful for many to accept, the EU withdrawal legislation in which the Protocol is enshrined was the express will of the United Kingdom s sovereign parliament.
Judge rejects legal challenges to NI Protocol
July 1, 2021
BELFAST: Legal challenges against the lawfulness of Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol have been dismissed by a High Court judge in Belfast.
Justice Colton rejected arguments that the contentious post-Brexit trading arrangements breached the terms of the 1800 Acts of Union and the 1998 legislation that underpins the Good Friday Peace Agreement.
In a lengthy judgment, the judge agreed with the applicants’ contention that the Brexit Withdrawal Act, in which the Protocol is enshrined, conflicted with the 1800 Acts of Union.
But he ruled that both were constitutional legislation and said that the Withdrawal Act, which was expressly agreed by Parliament, effectively overrode the provisions of the 200-year old law.