He also said that what has already been agreed should not be renegotiated – and delays on commitments to smooth processes for sending parcels across the Irish Sea can only be to allow for a smoother transition to the new arrangements. The section of his speech reiterating the party’s opposition to EU law in Northern Ireland received the loudest round of applause – with many critics of the deal struck in January broadly content with its new position. The DUP is committed to the removal of EU law from Northern Ireland and the Irish Sea border that it creates.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Last week, the long-running and chaotic attempts to implement an Irish Sea trade border faced further delays, and Northern Ireland’s highest court confirmed that EU rights under the Windsor Framework trump domestic UK law when the two clash. Meanwhile the NI Equality Commission has made clear that EU rights enshrined in the Protocol must be considered at the earliest possible stage in all UK and local laws and policies.
Responding to these developments, Gavin Robinson told the News Letter on Saturday that the party had not taken its eye off the issues. “What is there already, agreed and published should not be renegotiated. So whilst I recognise delay on parcels and customs, for example, in the last 48 hours we can say: if that is in the interests of i.