Brexit Impact on Northern Ireland

So what has Jeffrey got changed?

What has he 'negotiated'?

I am absolutely telling you very little has changed with the protocol.

Bar the Alliance party in some offhand comment nobody told you that you 'had to accept 'rigorous implementation' of anything. There was always openness to alleviate the concerns of Unionists. You were told this time and again but could not even agree among yourselves what you actually wanted that was achievable.

The Protocol was accepted by your government by a massive majority and not a dot on an i has changed with it as far as I can see.

As somebody else pointed out, you are now engaged in setting up strawmen so you can claim a win.

Whatever shoddy deal with a financial sweetner on top you do get it is a hollow victory. Unionism strategically shot itself in the foot and then took aim and shot itself in the other foot too for good measure.

What exactly is the new breakthrough? Is it that new laws will be screened to make sure they don't impact NI place in the union? What happens if it is found that the new law does impact their place in the union?

This is what the Telegraph says is in the deal

No renegotiation of WF.

Just a bit of movement in Westminster.

The 'patriotic rebranding' though!!! 😁😁

Anyone know who the DUP will nominate as deputy FM?

Unless it's just a bit of paper that tells everyone that Northern Ireland is full of extra-special Good Boys who are the best unionists.

This. Just this exactly. It will follow the "Rwanda is a safe country, according to us" template.

Nobody is suggesting that the DUP getting everything they asked for was the bar for success. The question is did they get anything they asked for?

They made a big deal of their Seven Tests, is there any comment on how many have been met or how the deal is adequate enough that the tests are no longer of concern? You were heralding the agreement as being a success for the DUP, surely any success should be measured against the metric which the DUP themselves set out.

The new deal seems to be a pile of cash, repainting the Lane to any colour but green, "screening" of laws and a(nother) talking shop. Just interested to see which tests these satisfy.

Nobody owns a flag. It cannot be 'taken'.

That's just nonsense.

People make underpants out of the British flag...is it 'taken' as well?

Could anyone seriously make the case for refusing to recognise it because some people 'took' it to make underpants or a towel?

I have no issue with flag change but for goodness sake stop with the emotive stuff.

It couldn't be more insignificant in terms of changing the WF...it fecking even says it hasn't been re-negotiated.

The only thing in any country that will work is people accepting the will of the majority.

In 1998 that is what people decided by a huge majority to do - respect the wishes of what the majority wanted, even if it was not what they wanted.

Same thing will apply in a UI.

Same thing will apply in NI if it remains. No more vetos for anyone.

!!!!!!!!! What are the 'gaels' made up of? What are your 'planters' made up of? If you think your a genuine 'gael', go get a DNA test and compare your genome compared agin the 'planters'. You'll find you're one and the same.

Anyway the tricolour is totally unsuitable, there are better alternatives.

But what has this to do with Brexit, which as predicted would cast a very long shadow over relationships in NI.