The UK Government and EU unveiled the Windsor pact earlier this year as a means of resolving trading difficulties between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, caused by the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. “Margaret Thatcher was a lady who said Northern Ireland is as British as Finchley, at this moment in time we do not feel that. “That is something I have every right to say.”The Northern Ireland Secretary was also questioned about the Stormont brake element of the Windsor deal. He said: “This Stormont brake, with all this different legal opinion… how is it that you can say honestly that the Stormont brake actually means anything when all this legal opinion says it is not worth the paper it is written on? He said: “The Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and I have agreed to work intensively and faithfully to implement all elements of the Windsor framework.

Source: The Herald April 25, 2023 23:07 UTC