ZGBR - Johnson attempts to rewrite Brexit and trade in Northern Ireland

Brexit has been out of the news for some time... that is, until yesterday. Embattled U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his intention to override the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, which sought to prevent a hard border being erected between the Republic of Ireland (part of the EU) and Northern Ireland (part of the UK). At the time, this was seen as essential to protect a 1998 peace deal that brought an end to the decades of sectarian violence, often referred to as "The Troubles." Backdrop: The Northern Ireland Protocol has been in place since 2020 and followed years of deliberations and negotiations on how to govern trade following Brexit. The deal separates portions of the United Kingdom by creating a border in the Irish Sea between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland. Communities in region that strongly identify as British despise the arrangement, saying it isolates them from the

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Johnson attempts to rewrite Brexit and trade in Northern Ireland