Sunak’s New Northern Ireland Protocol Deal Explained

Ever since the Brexit deal was agreed, the Northern Ireland Protocol has been a source of serious contention between the UK and the EU. But after years of political posturing, has Sunak finally found an agreement that could ease the tension in Ireland?

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[pepegarcia]

Actually the green and red lanes were proposed by the EU and Westminster did not agree. Then (not surprisingly), they proposed as if it was their idea to present it as a victory over the EU

[porcupineinapettingzoo]

Who would have thought that the people who voted to take back control of their borders hadn't really thought about borders?

[bertoverweel]

Green and red lane was a proposal of the EU at the Brexit negotiations .

[someguy-ehmg]

You make a claim about red and green lames being introduced by truss. As far as I know the eu proposed this first before truss. The UK rejected it. Came back and claimed it to be there idea to look good to uk media.

[karim]

I like the way you phrased 'the whole Liz Truss thing' as though it's a period of British politics that should be kept within parentheses & is so bizarre nobody wants to unpack it.

[Akahoshi]

Boris and the DUP tend to ignore the fact that there has always been checks between N.I and the rest of the UK

[Kuakakiwi]

How does this deal outlast three Prime Ministers already??!?

[DenDave_]

Britain politics is such a clownshow when looking in from the European mainland. Not that our domestic leaders are much better, but still, this whole Brexit saga is such a disasterclass i've never seen anything like it.

[EllieD.Violet]

0:27 'constant renegotiation'

Wrong. The EU did not and does not 'renegotiate' the NIP. She only advises little brexitannia how to implement it, and she makes some minor tweaks here and there - all WITHIN the agreed 'deal'.

Greetings from Bavaria

[Nilpferdschaf]

Watching that clip of Boris Johnson just now I realized that he's *technically* not necessarily lying with "There won't be checks on goods going from Northern Ireland to Great Britain". But he has to be incredibly specific in order to make that true. Notice how he only specifies the one direction of NI => GB, which was never really an issue, because the EU doesn't care what happens to its goods in the UK. The problem has always been the other way around, with goods moving from the UK into the single market.

[staticgrass]

The UK has lost a lot of credibility and respect in europe over brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol. The choice in prime ministers has not helped. Nor did the painful point scoring against the EU over Covid vacines, this competition of systems will grind the UK down over time. Hopefully the UK can move on from this period of disasters and commit itself to deals it has signed in the past and become a reliable junior partner to the EU.

[dariosarra]

The concept of 2 lanes was proposed first by the European Union. It was their starting proposition actually...

[NoJusticeMTG]

Worth pointing out that before the 2019 election Johnson told Iain Paisley jr. that he had *no* intention of honouring the protocol and that it was only there to have an 'oven ready deal' for the election

[helloimj]

As a non-UK citizen, I never want the Brexit show to end. Too much good stuff. But I'm an optimist. No matter what happens with the NI Protocol, I see plenty of Brexit drama in the years to come!

[typemasters]

Ever since I started learning more about Brexit beyond “oh no, it will make organising holidays in EU more of a headache” I always thought that the only reason Brexit exists in the first place is because a significant portion of those in power want the ability to make their own rules without having to follow anyone else’s rules and keeping out “non British” from Britain.

[lukemimnagh]

5 years later and we've come full circle.

Welcome to the UK folks.

[napoleonibonaparte]

The peak definition of waiting until the last minute to submit your work.

[castielkahnwald]

The U.K. signed the deal themselves and now say it is a bad deal, why sign it in the first place???

[dermottdevine]

Sorry you need to check your facts, the EU proposed a similar system previously

[Paul-ebjp]

The EU will never concede on the ECJ and why should they? They've already shown remarkable patience, I really hope this sidelines Johnson for good.