Protocol is a manifestation of attacks on loyalists’ British identity, MPs told

Loyalists take part in an anti-Northern Ireland Protocol rally in Portadown, Co Armagh (Brian Lawless/PA)

Loyalists in Northern Ireland view Brexit’s Irish Sea trade border as a manifestation of attacks on their British identity, MPs have been told.

Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) leader Billy Hutchinson told a Westminster committee the only way to resolve issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol was through political means.