Jim Allister said:
“While the details of this deal will have to be examined, it is clear that the Protocol will come into play. With the deal touching on matters such as beef, Northern Ireland is governed not by UK law but by EU law. The deal is therefore likely to confirm the Union dismantling nature of the Windsor Framework.
“It is shameful that – on the very day we celebrate victory in a war which was all about respecting the territorial integrity of the nation state – we have a deal which underscores Northern Ireland’s status as a place apart when it comes to the UK. The obscenity of being governed by laws we cannot change made by people we do not elect flies in the face of the basic values which were secured at such a high cost 80 years ago.”