Peter Robinson intervention on Stormont and the Protocol

2 releases from 2 parties, 21 November 2023.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. Robinson launched like a political distress flare to save DUP from itself

   • UUP
   • 21 November 2023
   • Criticism
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   UUP leader Lord Empey says Peter Robinson's intervention is a bid to help the DUP escape a dead end it created, arguing the Stormont boycott has failed and blaming the DUP for backing Brexit and the Irish Sea border.

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2. Robinson’s folly

   • TUV
   • 21 November 2023
   • Criticism
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   TUV leader Jim Allister says Peter Robinson's intervention is orchestrated and his analysis flawed, arguing that unionists cannot secure further Protocol changes through Stormont because Sinn Féin holds an entrenched veto.

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

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