Letter signed by 54 of assembly’s 90 members says move goes against wishes of most people in region
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Downing Street has insisted the government received advice on whether a one-sided attempt to change the post-Brexit trade protocol risked breaching international law, although it plans to release only a summary of this when the bill is published on Monday. “The protocol also offers clear economic advantages to our region, and the opportunity for unique access to two major markets,” it went on. “The fact that you have removed this advantage from businesses in Great Britain, at a clear economic cost, does not justify doing the same to businesses in Northern Ireland.”
“To complain the protocol lacks cross-community consent, while ignoring the fact that Brexit itself – let alone hard Brexit – lacks even basic majority consent here, is a grotesque act of political distortion.” He said the bill, reportedly toughened up in scope as a result of pressure from strongly pro-Brexit ministers and MPs, was “the right way forward”.
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