How Westminster and Brussels tussled over the Northern Ireland Protocol throughout 2021.
This position was not sustainable and the government's policy underwent a rapid evolution in the first half of 2021.
This policy of accommodation was challenged by the obvious difficulties businesses were having getting to grips with the new arrangements and the criticism the DUP was facing from other unionist parties. The Irish government, which hadn't been consulted, was aghast, knowing that the move would infuriate unionism.Arlene Foster said the move was "aggressive and shameful", called on the prime minister to dump the protocol and allied with her critics to campaign against it.
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