NIP: things to remember

The NIP was negotiated by Boris Johnson, it explicitly stated that there would be a regulatory border in the Irish Sea and how that would opperate, including that the UCJ would have some juristiction in NI.

There was plenty of warnings at the time that this was the case.

For all their faults, the DUP realised this, and voted against the deal.

The UK Government decided to push the deal through Parliament with only the slightest debate and oversight, many MPs relyng on the promise of the PM, Johnson, who said there would be no regulatory border in the Irish Sea.

The ERG had something they called "the star chamber" and declared that it had concluded that Johnson's deal, including the NIP was compatible with their demands.

The DUP are a moniroty party in NI politics now, the largest Unionist, but the only one against the NIP and the GFA too. If the DUP gets a say, so should all other Unionist and Republican parties too.

The majority of voters in NI voted to remain in the EU. Brexit happened without their consent.

It also happened with the consent of the NI Assembly which convention in UK politics said it should have.

Whatever is agreed, it will only be a sticking plaster. A temporary solution. As DAG states, the only way to end discussions regarding the NIP and Brexit in general will be if the UK rejoins the EU (or becomes associate members, or actual members of the SM and CU) or there is Irish unification.

If the ERG, and the DUP, accepts this, then in a few months time they will find something about that denamds more negotiation.

Brexit will never get done.