Statement by TUV Braid Councillor Christopher Jamison:
“The massive disruption to the movement of livestock flowing from the veterinary strike has exploded the spin surrounding the Windsor Whitewash.
“Who now would seek to argue that “any sense” of a border in the Irish Sea has been removed? The core of the issue is a dispute about the additional workload which is being placed on vets in Northern Ireland because of the checks they are required to perform at the Sea Border.
“We now have the ridiculous situation where products from the rest of the UK are being routed through Dublin.
“Not only is this causing huge disruption to supply chains within this part of the UK but it is also highlighting the constitutional obscenity which is the Protocol.
“At a time when the UK Government is seeking to browbeat Unionists back into Stromont to implement the Protocol, we couldn’t have have more powerful illustrations of why this remains impossible.”