let s talk about the northern ireland protocol, bear with me. officials in brussels have dismissed fresh claims of a compromise deal on the european court ofjustice s role in the northern ireland protocol. this is the mechanism that keeps northern ireland inside the eu s single market for goods. it means trade can flowed across the land border. but it also means new checks and controls on goods entering northern ireland from great britain. it follows a times newspaper report, which said negotiators had agreed 0na on a compromise over all of this. since they run that story, some have disputed all of this, quite hard to keep up, i do appreciate that, but let s try to extrapolate what we
for more than 25 years. the uk will set out its demands for changes to the northern ireland protocol today when the brexit minister, lord frost, makes a speech in lisbon. the protocol, agreed by both sides, prevents a hard border on the island of ireland by keeping northern ireland in the eu s single market for goods. our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. where we always start, what is the background? the where we always start, what is the background? background? the northern ireland -rotocol background? the northern ireland rotocol is background? the northern ireland protocol is the background? the northern ireland protocol is the northern background? the northern ireland protocol is the northern ireland i protocol is the northern ireland part of the deal that took us out of the eu and this is what it does, it sets up a series of checks and controls between great britain and northern ireland, so inside the uk, and that has made it more difficult to send stuff from