The anomalous status of Northern Ireland with regard to EU trade was papered-over by the Northern Ireland protocol in BoJo’s deal. The NI protocol upheld the principle of the “frictionless” border, but also maintained the need for checks on goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter now basically being a part of the EU’s single market). The was much mirth in mainstream and social media about BoJo having to place this border somewhere in the middle of the Irish Sea. More
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