Solving the Northern Ireland protocol impasse is Rishi Sunak's biggest political challenge, AndrewMarr9 has said
Speaking on LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr on Thursday, the presenter said the government are "damned if they do and damned if they don't" come up with a solution to the so-called Northern Ireland protocol.It is a trading arrangement that allows goods to transported across the Irish land border without checks. Prior to Brexit, there were no issues transporting goods across the land border as both Ireland and Northern Ireland followed EU rules.
Speaking this evening on LBC, Andrew said: "The Omagh bombing in 1998 was the single deadliest incident in the Troubles – 29 innocent people were murdered and around 220 injured.
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