Statement by TUV leader and North Antrim MP Jim Allister:
“Far from the Sea Border being gone, the Civil Service is now recruiting a “Head of Regulatory Divergence Co-ordination” at a cost of up to £59,000 a year to the public purse.
“Clearly Stormont is perfectly aware that the deal which restored devolution on the pretext that the damage done by the Protocol had been addressed was a sham.
“No nation with any self-respect would tolerate a situation where such a post is necessary – a senior civil servant whose sole responsibility is to monitor how the internal market of the United Kingdom is being trashed.
“This post is yet further confirmation of the monumental constitutional damage inflicted by the Protocol on the integrity of the UK and Northern Ireland’s place within it.”
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