This is indeed about internal politics, as the Irish American leader says
A letter from Alan Ritchie:
So an Irish-American politician thinks the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute is ‘manufactured’ and hope it is not about internal politics.
A bit like a grandstanding tour of London, Brussels, Dublin & Belfast, presumably on the US taxpayers dollar, to shore up a marginal bit of Irish-American voter support in advance of the impending Roe v Wade decision?
You know the thing.
Never mind what we say or do about abortion/right to chose/ right to life etc just look how we haven’t changed our views from the old days of Sinn Fein/IRA/Noraid days, aren’t we just grand?
Alan Ritchie, Belfast BT9
• Other comment articles:
• Jim Allister May 26: It is deluded to think red and green lanes will neuter the protocol
• Jeffrey Donaldson May 25: The UN condemns colonies, yet Northern Ireland has become one
• Brian John Spencer May 25: Thank goodness for those voices who challenge the anti British imbalance in Ireland
• Editorial May 25: Unionists should make clear that they have a distinct stance on legacy of terror
• Jeff Dudgeon May 24: Anglican church won’t call Cork massacre of Protestants sectarian
• Owen Polley May 23: Many culprits are to blame for Irish Sea border
• Ben Lowry May 21: There’s been a shift in London towards sympathy for NI over protocol
• Ben Lowry May 21: I do love Bangor, but it is hard to think of it as a city
• John Redwood May 20: The government must act soon over Protocol – NI unionists want their country back
• Ben Habib May 18: There isn’t even a real threat of unilateral action on protocol
• Ruth Dudley Edwards May 17: Thank you Lithuania for pursuing Omagh bomber
• Henry McDonald May 14: Will Boris Johnson deliver beyond his rhetoric?
• Ben Lowry May 14: Here are six of the broad reasons for the turn against unionism