One obvious difficulty with the “unequal treaty” line is that those now saying it rather conspicuously didn’t at the time. This, by one @AllisterHeath. And, of course, the Tory manifesto presenting it as a “great deal”. 
https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1402894867504799745
In one sense, that is history: if it’s a bad deal, then it doesn’t become a good one just because those (like @AllisterHeath) who now denounce it praised it (or at least went along with the “great deal” line) at the time.
But that masks the problem that making the Protocol work (or, for those determined to find an an alternative, getting agreement to any alternative) requires trust. And trust is in short supply, largely because of the current government’s conduct.
NB that none of those who now denounce the Protocol have come up with any alternative approach to resolving the problems which it tries to resolve.
PS this by @AntonSpisak is excellent.
https://twitter.com/antonspisak/status/1402920796327120897
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