Thread by @jonworth

I'm worried. It strikes me that if ERG, Foster, Gove and Frost stick to their current approach (demanding NI Protocol abolished or Art 16 triggered) *and* the work to do the required checks in NI from 1 April doesn't happen... it's a matter of time before UK Govt triggers Art 16

It won't happen before end of April, because triggering it before the European Parliament has even ratified the TCA is too dangerous (even for the political geniuses in 70 Whitehall), but once that's done... what's going to stop them?

Labour wants Brexit problems to go away. It's not going to mount a defence of the NI Protocol nor demand the work on the ground gets done

So discontent will grow, accusations of bad faith will be flung at the EU - with no-one UK side to balance them

Sure, behind the scenes the Biden administration will caution against it. Some Tories, notably @Simon4NDorset, will urge caution. But the debate (if indeed debate is the right word) about this currently strikes me as dangerously skewed

I hope I am wrong. I hope the few voices there are in the UK willing to speak up for the GFA and for making the NI Protocol work, and for the UK actually doing what it has committed to do under the NI Protocol and TCA are heard more. But I can't shake my worry