The Prime Minister wants the Northern Ireland Protocol - which governs post-Brexit trading rules in Ulster - to be redrafted as mounting red tape and checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea threaten supermarket shortages. The row came after Mr Johnson argued there are “huge opportunity to find reasonable, practical solutions to the difficulties” being experienced in Northern Ireland. We must jointly ensure stability and predictability in Northern Ireland." Tory Cabinet minister dismissed the Northern Ireland protocol as not being “written in stone” - despite the fact it’s written into international law. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: “The Northern Ireland protocol isn’t written in stone, it’s not something that was going to last for evermore, everybody realised at the time.”He added: “It’s been six months.”

Source: Daily Mirror July 22, 2021 12:34 UTC