The Scottish Tories are silent over the Irish Sea border

On July 16 and 17 I emailed every single Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MSP and MP alongside some Tory affiliated members of the House of Lords.

I asked their position on the Northern Ireland Protocol and the border in the Irish Sea between Stranraer and Belfast.

Some in the party previously threatened to resign over the issue.

I have yet to receive a single reply.

Scottish Labour say the Northern Ireland Protocol is bad for Scottish businesses and that “We need a long term plan to enable seamless trade between Scotland and Northern Ireland and protect the countless businesses which rely on it.”

Scottish Lib Dems MP Alistair Carmichael has said: “The Northern Ireland protocol was hastily cobbled together and badly thought out. Already we are seeing the devastating consequences of that decision”

Yet the Conservative and Unionist Party lawyers have been arguing the case in Belfast High Court that the Northern Ireland Protocol removes parts of the Act of Union ...

Alan Day, Coagh, Co Tyrone

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