US delegation lectures the UK on its internal trade
A letter from Jeremy Burchill:
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, as well as a visiting US Congressional delegation lecture the UK on how to protect our borders and internal trading arrangements.
They purport to be committed to the Good Friday Agreement, whilst simultaneously opposing any steps to remove the Northern Ireland Protocol which daily erodes the foundation of ‘consent’ upon which the former is based.
If they were sincere in their professed commitment to the Good Friday Agreement they should carefully reflect on the text of Proverbs 19:2 ‘it is not good to have zeal without knowledge’ (NIV translation).
Jeremy Burchill, Leyburn, North Yourshire
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• 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