As Lord Bew has so skilfully set out (âTo protect the Good Friday Agreement, the Irish border backstop must be temporary,â Jan 29), the Belfast Agreement is being systematically violated by the backstop proposal.
The DUP has long sought to transpose its tough negotiating methodology to the Brexit talks process and as cracks have begun to appear on the EU side, the DUP has become increasingly convinced that should happen.
The European Union can parrot as often as it likes that the deal is done, but the legal reality is very different: there is no deal until it is ratified and the United Kingdom has rightly refused ratification.
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