Jim Allister said:
“Even by the yardstick of the feeble attempts to spin the monumental climb down which is the Donaldson Deal, this is unbelievably poor.
“This is not legislation. It does nothing to undo the damage done by the Protocol. It does nothing to restore our place within the UK internal market. The ruling of the Supreme Court revealed that Article Six of the Acts of Union remains suspended. These honeyed words do nothing to change that.
“It is frankly insulting to Unionists to suggest that this amounts to anything. As Lord Morrow told the Lords last week the people of Northern Ireland are not fools. That being the case, they won’t be taken in by this meaningless nonsense.
“Well done Jeffrey!”