Northern Ireland's Stormont Assembly has failed to elect a new speaker after the DUP said it would not support the process
The 90 MLAs elected last week had met for the first time since the election at Stormont, where two candidates were nominated for Speaker - Mike Nesbitt of the UUP and Patsy McGlone of the SDLP.Sir Jeffrey said it was time for Mr Johnson to outline what he intended to do to advance negotiations with the EU.
"While others sit on their hands we are not prepared to do that. We need decisive action taken by the government." Unionists like the DUP oppose the protocol, arguing the Irish Sea border threatens Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom. The two main nationalist parties, Sinn Fein and the SDLP, support it as it prevents a hard border on the island of Ireland.
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