UK will unveil plans TODAY to override Northern Ireland Brexit terms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : 'We've consistently said that we welcome the provisions in both the trade and cooperation agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol between the UK and the European Union, which, importantly, help to protect the gains of the Belfast and Good Friday Agreement.'
55% : He added: 'As we've consistently said over time, we do support a close relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, and we encourage them to negotiate within the existing mechanisms when differences do arise.
53% : But Ireland's European affairs minister Thomas Byrne insisted this morning that any solution must be within the confines of the existing protocol, saying Brexit was the source of the problems not enforcement.
53% : There are reports he will push for an 'honesty box' approach to allow companies in Great Britain that declare their goods are only destined for sale and use in Northern Ireland to skip border checks.
47% : He called for a 'common sense approach to enforcement focused on the ends, which is protecting consumers, not the bureaucratic means'.

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