Brexit has disrupted the careful equilibrium in Northern Ireland
negotiated the Northern Ireland protocol they had “always hoped” it would eventually collapse. Frost and Johnson have expressed similar consternation with the protocol they agreed to before. But neither has ever been so explicit: did the UK negotiating team sit across the table with the EU and shake hands over something they always intended to fall apart? My interest in the principle of charity is rapidly dwindling.
Of course, the callous disregard paid to Northern Ireland and the peace process has coloured the entire seven years since the referendum. Using the pretext of protecting peace in the region to unilaterally rip up an agreement is shocking in itself. And it points to a far, far deeper malaise: an Anglo-Irish relationship that may be marginally better but shows little sign of healing soon.
Frost and Johnson may be gone. And with them the charlatanism of their operation. But Brexit has disrupted the careful equilibrium in the North, proven to the south that Westminster cannot hide its disinterest in its politics or economic health. The old guard has changed with the arrival of Rishi Sunak. And the Conservatives may lose power in the next election in any case.
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