Reacting to the appointment of Sir Jeffery Donaldson Jim Allister said:
“Without prejudice to the continuing and necessary fight against Irish language legislation, the challenge for all of Unionism now is to get the focus back where it should always have been – on the Union dismantling Protocol and its defeat. Unless or until Unionism gets serious about the Protocol we will not defeat the living and tangible threat which it is to the very survival of the Union as highlighted by the fact that the Government recently argued in court that Article Six of the Act of Union is impliedly repealed by the Withdrawal Act and Protocol.
“As long as Northern Ireland left in a foreign single market for goods, subject to a foreign customs code and foreign VAT regime, all over seen by a foreign court the situation is intolerable. It is a transfer of sovereignty and a constitutional abomination. Restoring our equal citizenship within the United Kingdom is the key challenge facing Sir Jeffery and indeed all Unionists.”