Northern Ireland to get new Brexit trade rules in deal to restore power sharing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The 76-page command paper also includes legislative measures - to be fast-tracked through Westminster on Thursday - to affirm Northern Ireland's constitutional position in the UK.Downing Street said the deal entailed significant changes to the "operation" of the post-Brexit Windsor framework without altering its "fundamentals".
44% : But the Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris, insisted that the new plan did not affect government's ability to diverge from EU legislation.
41% : "A significant minority within the DUP is believed to oppose the deal, including Westminster veterans such as Sammy Wilson, who told the Commons that Northern Ireland remained subject to EU laws.
39% : "The DUP leader contrasted Sunak with his predecessor, who agreed a border in the Irish Sea in order to clinch a Brexit deal with the EU.
37% : "Half a dozen Tory Brexiters, including Bill Cash and Theresa Villiers, questioned whether the UK would still be able to diverge from EU laws under the terms of the agreement.
36% : "This is a result of this spineless, weak-kneed, Brexit-betraying government, refusing to take on the EU and its interference in Northern Ireland.
33% : The Tory MP Richard Drax described the application of EU laws in Northern Ireland as an "axe still very much grinding away, which we must get rid of".

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