A makeshift ‘Larne says No to the Irish Sea Border’ banner quickly gives way to a series of professionally produced signs demanding ‘Scrap the NI protocol’. At the roundabout at the port entrance, you are welcomed by graffiti proclaiming ‘No Irish Sea border’ and another set of snipers’ crosshairs. The Northern Ireland Justice Department refers to them as ‘Interface Gates’, but they’re more commonly known as ‘the peace line’. ‘If you paved the Irish Sea border with gold, it still wouldn’t be acceptable to the Unionist community,’ he says. Yes, people may be playing politics as next year’s Northern Ireland Assembly elections hove into view.

Source: The Nation February 13, 2021 22:41 UTC