Party has set conditions for a deal but former taoiseach Bertie Ahern says solution is ‘not rocket science’
, but compromise is needed. But can the Democratic Unionist party, which has laid down seven strict conditions for a deal, be brought in from the cold?The short answer is no.
warning that any fudge that continued what they described as Northern Ireland’s “semi-colonial status” would be unacceptable.Last July the DUP laid down the seven tests the EU and UK must pass before it would end its boycott of Stormont. They are demanding article 6 of the Act of Union is upheld, which means treating Northern Ireland the same as Scotland, England and Wales.Northern Irish customers are not disadvantaged by the protocol and forced to go to non-Great Britain suppliers for goods otherwise available in the UK.“No checks on goods going from Northern Ireland to GB or GB to NI and remaining in NI”.The consent principle in the Good Friday agreement is upheld.Unlikely, Ahern told MPs.
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