Traditional Unionist Voice
TUV East Antrim spokesman Norman Boyd says US Congressman Neal has no interest in understanding Unionist concerns and criticises his past links to Irish republicanism. Boyd says the Protocol raises sovereignty issues and calls for its complete removal.
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DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP urges the Government to consider the Supreme Court judgement and its own arguments in the case, and to replace the Protocol with arrangements unionists can support.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Protocol must be replaced with arrangements unionists can support (opens in a new tab)
UUP MLA Dr Steve Aiken says the Supreme Court's findings on the Protocol show Unionist concerns are legitimate, and calls on the UK Government to replace it with an agreement restoring Northern Ireland's place in the UK Internal Market.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Supreme Court ruling highlights legitimate concerns of Unionists – Aiken (opens in a new tab)
DUP North Antrim MP Ian Paisley tells the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly that a report claiming Brexit caused human rights backsliding in Northern Ireland is wrong, and calls for unionist concerns about the Protocol to end being treated as expendable.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Council of Europe warned that hostility to unionist concerns must end (opens in a new tab)
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says Boris Johnson must honour his commitments by restoring Northern Ireland's place in the UK Internal Market and replacing the Northern Ireland Protocol. He argues the Government's promised legislation must meet his seven tests, citing supermarket supply…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Government legislation to replace Northern Ireland Protocol and DUP seven tests Original release: Prize for Protocol resolution is stable devolution (opens in a new tab)
DUP peer Lord Dodds says comments by former US UN Ambassador Nikki Haley show that views from a recent US congressional delegation are not the only US opinion on the Protocol. He calls for local effort from all sides to restore consensus politics in Northern Ireland, rejecting outside input.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Nikki Haley comments on the Northern Ireland Protocol at Policy Exchange Original release: Protocol apologists need to listen to alternative US message (opens in a new tab)
DUP South Antrim MLA Pam Cameron describes a Nuffield Trust report on NI Protocol medicine supply as deeply alarming, claiming many medicines available in Great Britain are not in Northern Ireland and calling for the Protocol to be replaced.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: Nuffield Trust report on medicine availability under the NI Protocol Original release: Further confirmation that Protocol is disrupting medicine supplies (opens in a new tab)