David McNarry: Sinn Fein see ahead a free run for Irish unity handed to them on the protocol plate

Owen Polley yesterday (Northern Ireland Protocol deal is likely to leave unionists disappointed, February 20, see link below) writes “We will probably in effect, remain cut off from the rest of the UK’s economy, with a trade border persisting down the Irish Sea” and adds “We will be, effectively, a different class of British citizens”.

Owen cuts deep into unionist fears!

Should ‘isolation’ combine to diminish Northern Ireland’s constitutional status, unionists are back in the pre-Belfast Agreement dark days and swimming in dangerous political waters.

Sinn Fein see ahead a free run for Irish unity handed to them on the protocol plate.

They would love to drive home their success on a high in the first minister’s pole position but the prize only requires patience without demanding a restoration of devolution.

They will be content that their wrecking ball has demolished British citizenship for unionists.

It seems that a deal on the NI Protocol is on the cards which sacrifices Northern Ireland in a ruthless manner and brings unbridled delight to the Irish.

Being re-designated into a ‘different class of British citizen’ will prove unpalatable to all unionists.

Is this the end of the Union?

Is NI’s constitutional status being re-written?

Is this the end of the Belfast Agreement?

These are the key issues only unionists can answer!

Division is the worst thing any unionist leader could promote or contribute to.

In the circumstances, it is clear that unionism needs and deserves strong united leadership resolved to put right injustices.

A pro Union convention to be communicating with the community is now an urgent necessity.

​David McNarry, Ex Ukip and UUP MLA Comber

Owen Polley: Northern Ireland Protocol deal is likely to leave unionists disappointed