Brexit: Boris Johnson says Northern Ireland issues 'can’t go on forever'

UK Brexit minister David Frost has argued that the threshold of triggering Article 16 of the protocol, which would effectively tear up parts of the deal he negotiated, has been met

Prime Minister Boris Johnson boards RAF Voyager at Stansted Airport ahead of a meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Boris Johnson has warned that the post-Brexit issues with Northern Ireland “can’t go on forever” as UK ministers consider the prospect of tearing up parts of an agreement with the EU.

The British Prime Minister insisted the UK is not “trying to stoke” the problems ahead of a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday.