'A manufactured issue': US Congressman visiting Dublin says Protocol impasse could be resolved 'quickly'

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Congressman Richard Neal said it's now 'up to London' to find a solution

Neal in Government Buildings yesterday. Image: RollingNews.ie Neal in Government Buildings yesterday. Image: RollingNews.ie CONGRESSMAN RICHARD NEAL has described the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol as “a manufactured issue”, adding that “it’s up to London” to find a solution.

The team has been in Ireland since the weekend, met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin yesterday and will travel to Belfast tomorrow. Asked if he believed the Protocol issue was manufactured one, what the motivation might be to manufacture it, Neal said: “I hope this is not about domestic politics.” Related Reads 23.05.22 Deep well of support for pragmatic solution on Northern Ireland Protocol, says Taoiseach 20.05.22 Taoiseach and Jeffrey Donaldson meet in Belfast as DUP rejects 'sticking plaster approach' 18.05.22 Exasperation over UK actions but Irish officials don't expect Brussels to be 'bounced' into Protocol response The bus was mounted, the military had night-vision and full armaments as they searched the bus.

The DUP has argued that there is no unionist majority for the Protocol in the Assembly but Coveney said today that there was “no cross community support for Brexit” either.

 

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Dangerous oversimplification. BoJo created the mess because he’s no idea how to resolve the brexit mess. He’s hardly going to get creative now.

The Protocol is a 'Create a crisis' issue for Unionism and the Brits,that know their Brexit debacle has completely failed and is about the backfire very badly on them.

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