UK‘s Raab: We must ’unlock the Northern Ireland protocol

div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpLONDON Reuters – Britains Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the political stability of Northern Ireland was in peril until the problems with the protocol governing postBrexit trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom were fixed.

Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein won the most seats in the election for Northern Irelands Assembly on Thursday.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

The proBritish DUP saw support undermined in part due to its role in postBrexit talks between London and Brussels that resulted in trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom.

It‘s “clear that stability is being put at risk, imperiled if you like, by the problems with Northern Ireland protocol,” Raab told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday.

“We are focused on those two elements, bringing the parties together, stability, but also unlocking the problems with the Northern Ireland protocol,” he added.

Reporting by Paul Sandle Editing by Edmund Blair

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