Jim Allister KC MP

The Northern Ireland Protocol/Windsor Framework subjects Northern Ireland to the EU customs code which treats Great Britain as a ‘third country’, that is a foreign country in relation to Northern Ireland. Its application thus has the effect of dividing the United Kingdom

The Irish Sea border, dividing Northern Ireland (NI) from Great Britain (GB), is defined by the Windsor Framework. It introduces ‘Not for EU’ labelling requirements for companies based in GB wishing to sell certain food products to Northern Ireland using the Green

For all the headlines one of the most striking things about the Government’s ill-advised reset summit with the EU on 19 May was that there was not a great deal of substance and for most purposes it amounted to little more than

One of the challenges facing people in any part of the UK seeking to come to terms with the partitioning of our country by the EU is that its architects are building their border gradually. Notwithstanding the fact that in one sense

In 2021 there were repeated calls for the triggering of Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The ‘Safeguards’ provision in the treaty, Article 16 sets out the developments that it was agreed cannot reasonably be accommodated within the actual operation of