Northern Ireland protocol unsustainable, Britain warns

Britain signed up to the protocol just seven months ago

In a telephone call on Thursday, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen firmly rejected UK prime minister Boris Johnson's plea to renegotiate the post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. File picture

The Northern Ireland protocol is now unsustainable and unworkable, Britain says, despite signing up to it just seven months ago.

British government sources, speaking to the Irish Examiner, admit that while proposals seeking to re-write the protocol are “ambitious”, they are reasonable.