Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“With the Prime Minister having been captured by the anti-Brexit wets in the Tory party, unionists should be alert to further weakening in the government’s resolve to deal with the Protocol.
“Those who fondly hoped that the current technical talks would even address, never mind deal with, the sovereignty issue that lies at the toxic heart of the Protocol are likely to be disappointed. Emboldened by a weakened U.K. government, belligerent Brussels is likely to give nothing of substance. Indeed, they probably hope under Labour or anti-Brexit Tories to ensnare the whole U.K. back into their single market and customs union.
“Recent developments are all the more reason why unionists must stand firm. There is no room for weakness. Treating GB as a foreign country, as the Protocol does, is something no unionist can come to terms with. Likewise, subjecting us, colony like, to foreign laws is something no democrat should come to terms with, yet such subjugation of democracy is the enthusiastic demand of the rigorous implementers of Sinn Fein, SDLP and Alliance.”