U.K. plans to ease Brexit trade flows to restore Northern Ireland government

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Sammy Wilson, who has opposed any compromise on the Brexit rules, said the ongoing possibility of regulatory divergence between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK was the result of a "spineless, weak-kneed Brexit-betraying government refusing to take on the EU and its interference in Northern Ireland.""When the Northern Ireland assembly sits, ministers and assembly members will be expected by law to adhere to and implement laws which are made in Brussels, which they had no say over and no ability to amend, and no ability to stop," he said.
42% : However, in a sign of the limited scope and impact of the proposed changes, the UK government said they didn't need any sign-off from the EU and the bloc made no public objection or protest.
42% : "Northern Ireland was one of the trickiest issues in divorce talks between Britain and the EU, which culminated in the region retaining a hybrid status inside the EU's single market for goods and having to impose customs checks on some goods entering the province from the rest of the UK.

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