Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“No unionist should underestimate the centrality of the Protocol to the Irish unity project.
“The fact that 300 areas of law have been removed from UK to ROI/EU control is a vivid illustration of how an all-Ireland is being established through dynamic economic alignment with the Republic. The laws in these 300 key areas, which includes our agri-food, goods and trade economy, are now identical north and south, courtesy of the Union- dismantling Protocol.
“It is through economic fusion that an all-Ireland is to be built. With a Sinn Fein minister now driving that agenda as Economy minister, Stormont is a critical cog in the wheel.
“Far from diminishing the direction of travel the DUP’s return to Stormont and its dud Donaldson Deal has provided momentum for the process.
“Hence, the importance of unionists on 4th Julyrebelling against this folly.”