The Protocol has reaffirmed Unionism's worst fears that Northern Ireland is the unwanted child of the British government.
But any Loyalist who thinks petrol bombing police lines will solve their problem has a very short memory.
Indeed, politicians on both sides need to stop dancing to the tune of those who use violence, or ever did, and start listening to the majority who voted for peace.Republicans have made huge strides electorally since they largely abandoned"the Armalite" for the ballot box. Unionist parties have secured a judicial review of the Protocol on the basis that it breaches the principal of consent at the heart of the Good Friday Agreement rather than protects it.
He was still denying it when he informed the House of Commons that the British government was unilaterally extending the grace period before more checks are required. It also runs the risk of inadvertently inflaming tension, allowing sinister elements to send teenagers out to riot, claiming they've been betrayed again.Prime minister Tony Blair , US Senator George Mitchell and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern smiling after signing the Good Friday agreement in 1998
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