Boris Johnson could be just weeks away from ripping up the UK's post-Brexit agreement with the EU over Northern Ireland to avoid an eruption of violence in the province's summer marching season. Brexit Minister Lord Frost signals in the Mail on Sunday that if Brussels continues to insist on checks on goods arriving from the UK mainland, the Government could trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol to suspend the checks. Under the Withdrawal Agreement, Northern Ireland observes EU rules on food. Lord Frost warns: 'Protests have been occurring and political stability is at risk. The EU needs, rapidly, to find a new approach and new solutions… if the Protocol operates so as to damage the political, social, or economic fabric of life in Northern Ireland.'

Source: Daily Mail May 15, 2021 21:23 UTC