not written in stone.- not written in stone. first, these are not written in stone. first, these are not not written in stone. first, j these are not concessions. these are proposals that we make out of our own initiative. make out of our own initiative. . . make out of our own initiative. , ., ., initiative. so you don t feel they are initiative. so you don t feel they are concessions? - initiative. so you don t feel they are concessions? why l they are concessions? why should they they are concessions? why should they be they are concessions? teeny should they be concessions? we are not forced to propose this. we propose this because we realise that our problem is in northern ireland and we care about northern ireland. we want the protocol to work. no renegotiation, that is what we said, and we are not renegotiating the protocol, we are adapting the protocol and we are ready to enter tomorrow, the day after, next week, in talks with our british colleagues and friends to