Northern Ireland

Jamie Bryson

Feb 7

Now is not the time to compromise | Jamie Bryson

There has been increasing speculation that a ‘deal’ between the UK and EU is on the horizon in relation to the Protocol. This arrangement...

Ian Paisley MP

Feb 1

Focus on substance rather than speculation | Ian Paisley MP

Kite-flying, wishful thinking by commentators and background briefing will not make the substantive changes needed to satisfy our seven...

An Open Letter to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland

Ethan Thoburn

Feb 1

An Open Letter to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland

Today, Centre for the Union wrote an open letter to the Minister of State for Northern Ireland, The Rt. Hon. Steve Baker MP, regarding...

Carla Lockhart MP

Jan 30

Three years on, NDNA commitments aren't being fulfilled | Carla Lockhart MP

January 2020 saw the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) Agreement heralded as a new beginning, yet as January 2023 draws to a close, the...

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

Jan 27

"Don’t make the same mistake twice" | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

We warned London, Washington, Dublin and Brussels in July 2021 that the Northern Ireland Protocol was incompatible with power-sharing and...

Medicines ‘cliff-edge’ looming due to Protocol | Lord Dodds

Lord Dodds of Duncairn

Jan 25

Medicines ‘cliff-edge’ looming due to Protocol | Lord Dodds

The impact of the Protocol on medicines was made clear today. The vast majority of our medicines are supplied through Great Britain and...

Jamie Bryson

Jan 24

Submission to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee | Jamie Bryson

This week, on behalf of Centre for the Union, submitted to the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee regarding the...

Jim Shannon MP

Jan 23

Ahern Recognises the need for leadership in Brussels | Jim Shannon MP

The former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern were central to the Belfast and successor Agreements. It is...

Jim Allister KC MLA

Jan 23

Unionism will be tested, but must stand firm | Jim Allister KC MLA

Let me call out the pretence that the current UK/EU talks can resolve the Protocol issues. They can’t, because the key issue is not even...

Jamie Bryson

Jan 22

Policy priorities for Northern Ireland in 2023 | Jamie Bryson

It is an honour and privilege to have been appointed as Northern Ireland Policy Director for the Centre for the Union. I look forward to...

Dr Dan Boucher

Jan 21

Reflections of Starmer’s speech at Queen's University Belfast | Dr Dan Boucher

Sir Keir Starmer’s speech at Queen’s University Belfast just over a week ago, on Friday 13th January, was striking not because of what he...

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

Jan 20

Protocol must be replaced with arrangements Unionists can support | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

The Northern Ireland Protocol has never had the support of Unionists and never will enjoy Unionist support. It was imposed against the...

Emma Little-Pengelly MLA

Jan 19

Resolve the Protocol or there is no basis for devolution | Emma Little-Pengelly MLA

No Executive in the Northern Ireland Assembly has been formed because the Northern Ireland Protocol does not and will not have the...

Sammy Wilson MP

Jan 18

Current talks with EU don't address the key issue | Sammy Wilson MP

In its haste to reach an agreement with the EU in order to be able to claim that Brexit had been done and then hold a general election...

The Protocol breaches the Belfast Agreement | David Campbell

David Campbell CBE

Jan 17

The Protocol breaches the Belfast Agreement | David Campbell

One of the big problems facing unionism is that despite the Ulster Unionist Party being the prime architect of the Belfast Agreement, its...

Jamie Bryson

Jan 13

Border posts regulations exposes the Government’s constitutional vandalism | Jamie Bryson

The Official Control (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 are constitutionally abominable and demonstrate that much like the Protocol...

Centre for the Union paper sends 'clear message' | Baroness Hoey

Baroness Hoey of Lylehill and Rathlin

Jan 10

Centre for the Union paper sends 'clear message' | Baroness Hoey

I welcome the Centre for the Union’s research paper, ‘Restoring Northern Ireland in the Union’, this paper importantly sets out the way...

Jim Allister KC MLA

Jan 9

TUV Back Centre for the Union Report | Jim Allister KC MLA

For the TUV, and I believe Unionism in general, the Protocol has always been a sovereignty issue. Thus, any way forward must free us from...

Centre for the Union Report - Restoring Northern Ireland to the Union, 2023

Ethan Thoburn

Jan 9

Centre for the Union Report - Restoring Northern Ireland to the Union, 2023

By Jamie Bryson and Ethan Thoburn; foreword by James Bogle BL This paper is commissioned by the Constitutional Studies Group within the...

Ian Paisley MP

Jan 6

Leo Varadkar's Brexit confession | Ian Paisley MP

So Dublin’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has finally admitted that mistakes were made with Brexit negotiations and that the protocol is...