Boris Johnson using Northern Ireland Protocol to distract from domestic problems, says Mary Lou McDonald 

Ms McDonald, Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill and other senior party colleagues travelled to London on Tuesday for a round of engagements with UK MPs and peers

Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill, Sinn Féin's president Mary Lou McDonald and Conor Murphy speaking to the media outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Picture: PA

The leader of Sinn Féin has accused Boris Johnson of using the Northern Ireland Protocol controversy to “distract” from his own domestic problems.

Mary Lou McDonald criticised the UK Government’s approach to resolving issues with the post-Brexit trading arrangements during a visit to London to meet with a range of political representatives at Westminster.