DUP has questions to answer about prime minister’s nonsensical trade arrangements for Northern Ireland

Have the blood-red lines of Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP, turned to a lighter shade of pink in accepting the Prime Minister Boris Johnston’s new hokey cokey proposals on trade arrangements for Northern Ireland submitted to the EU?
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Oct 2019, 14:08 BST
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If, as an example, I buy a haggis from a nice butcher in Stranraer in Scotland and transport it across on the ferry, what are the prospects of bringing (importing) it into Northern Ireland?

Will I be met and stopped by a Revenue and Customs official asking if I have anything to declare?

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If I was also to accompany my haggis with a bottle of malt whisky to wash it down, will these goods be checked?

The leadership of the DUP need to answer these questions and no doubt many more — forthwith and without spin — particularly on their nebulous so-called ‘veto’. Leave means ‘out’ for everyone in the UK, without exception.

The prime minister’s proposals on trade arrangements for Northern Ireland are nonsensical, straight out of a film script from the Marks brothers’ studio!

All we can hope for is that Monsieur Barnier and the EU leaders treat the PM’s proposals with complete casual indifference.

Morrison W Woods, Bangor, Co Down

Related topics:DUPArlene FosterNorthern IrelandScotlandStranraer