I welcome the Centre for the Union’s research paper, ‘Restoring Northern Ireland in the Union’, this paper importantly sets out the way forward on replacing the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Adherence to the key principles set out therein provides the only basis for a durable solution.
In particular, the proposed UK Constitution Bill is a way to restore the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom and send a clear message to the European Union that the fundamental and utmost priority is protecting our own United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
This paper is a detailed outline of what is required and it is difficult to see any solution providing a basis for the restoration of power-sharing in Stormont without satisfying, at the very least, the fundamental principles that this paper sets out.