All You Need To Know About The Northern Ireland Protocol And Why The UK And EU Are Rowing Over It

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In the meantime, talks between the UK and EU are set to continue into the summer.
51% : That's because by aligning with EU rules, Northern Ireland continued following the bloc's trading regulations after Brexit, while the rest of the UK did not.
48% : It would also remove the EU's involvement in how tax can be spent in the region.
47% : The dilemma facing the government was how to deliver Brexit while avoiding the return of a contentious hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which both the UK and EU agreed would threaten Northern Ireland's stability and the relative peace secured by the Good Friday Agreement.
46% : Well over two years since the UK left the European Union, and nearly six years since the in-out referendum of June 2016, the government and EU are at loggerheads and Brexit is back in the headlines once again.
43% : An announcement on Tuesday by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss means Brexit and the protocol are likely to dominate the bulletins for many more weeks to come, and potentially into the Autumn.
33% : This has occasionally led to diplomatic rows between the UK and EU, with London accusing Brussels of being inflexible and Brussels accusing London of making unrealistic demands.

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