Loyalists write to Boris Johnson withdrawing support for Good Friday Agreement

Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) mural in support the of Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, on the wall of a property on the Lower Newtownards Road in east Belfast. Paramilitarism remains a “clear and present danger” in Northern Ireland, a new report has found. The Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) said it understands from police that there remains thousands of “signed up” paramilitary members.

Loyalist paramilitary organisations have told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson they are withdrawing support for Northern Ireland’s historic peace agreement.

The outlawed groups said they were temporarily withdrawing their backing of the Belfast/Good Friday accord amid mounting concerns about the contentious Northern Ireland Protocol governing Irish Sea trade post-Brexit.