Johnson says triggering Article 16 over Northern Ireland would be ‘perfectly legitimate’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet (Aaron Chown/PA)

Boris Johnson has insisted he wants to negotiate a solution to the post-Brexit issues affecting Northern Ireland, but said overriding parts of his deal with the EU would be “perfectly legitimate”.

The British Prime Minister insisted solving the problems with Brussels “still seems possible”, but said the UK could trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol “reasonably and appropriately”.