Government's rejection of unionist bid to block new EU rules shows DUP deal was 'a farce'

Government's rejection of unionist bid to block new EU rules shows DUP deal was 'a farce'

A new EU regulation is to be added to the Windsor Framework despite objections from unionist MLAs, in a move the TUV leader says shows the Safeguarding the Union deal “was a farce”.

Farce of Surrendering the Union deal exposed

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister MP: “Today’s decision by the Government to plough ahead and add a new EU rule to the Windsor Framework, in spite of Unionists unanimously opposing it, is yet more evidence that the much vaunted Safeguarding the Union deal was a farce. “This is the second occasion when the Government has dismissed Unionist concerns and ridden roughshod over their objections. “It is yet further evidence of the lies on which the…