UK Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of taking a “wrecking ball” to relations with Ireland and the EU with his plan to unilaterally scrap aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The UK government announced last month that it would introduce new legislation overriding parts of the protocol, which…
UK Labour Leader Says Boris Johnson Taking ‘Wrecking Ball’ to UK–Irish Relations
June 9, 2022
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