Brexit: New Northern Ireland Protocol deal could enable Boris Johnson’s ‘comeback’, Brexiteers warn
Inews.Co.UkFeb 14, 2023
According to UK sources, negotiations over the Northern Ireland protocol are reaching their final stages with a deal possible as early as next week. However, sources say that talks are still at a delicate stage with no guarantee of a final agreement.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to speak to European leaders in the coming days ahead of a potential unveiling of a new Brexit deal. Under the new deal, goods traveling from the mainland UK to only Northern Ireland will not face physical customs checks.
A new Brexit compromise on Northern Ireland risks a Conservative party backlash that may open the door to the return of Boris Johnson. With the purpose of the latest leak a mystery, we may see arch-Brexiteers from the Tory party reconvene against Rishi Sunak and oppose any compromise between opposing groups.
The only thing that has consistently continued to stop a happy compromise between all parties is the EU's insistence on its right to govern British territory. A physical check on the Irish border is neither sensible nor fair, and peace over the matter will only appear when the idea that Northern Ireland is still partially under the EU's jurisdiction is finally dropped.
There is a 37% chance that Northern Ireland will hold a reunification referendum before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.