So what has the U.K. government proposed to fix Brexit problems in Northern Ireland? An explainer... 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Remember, the current system sees goods crossing from GB to NI face customs checks as if they are entering the EU. To avoid the land border on the island of Ireland, it was put in the Irish Sea 2/ 
Under the U.K.'s new proposal, this would be replaced by an honesty-style system. GB companies label their goods `for NI' if they're destined for NI. These goods would then not face customs checks 3/
Next big change -- the U.K. wants to remove the role of the ECJ in enforcing significant chunks of the Protocol 4/
Another change: the U.K. wants goods that have received the new U.K. safety mark - the UKCA, replacing the CE mark in Britain from 2022 - to be able to be sold in N. Ireland, without also having to prove compliance with EU rules 5/
What's been the reaction to the U.K. proposals? Irish lawmaker @nealerichmond calls them `overly simplistic and disappointing' 6/
https://twitter.com/nealerichmond/status/1417829617654763523
And the trade experts have their say... 7/
https://twitter.com/DavidHenigUK/status/1417807827704418304
In the meantime, Frost has called for an immediate standstill period on all grace periods for NI trade and a freeze on legal processes brought by the EU against the U.K. (The next looming deadline is end of September, when extra checks apply to food imports to NI) 8/
Key next steps -- what will be the EU's formal response? Will they agree to a significant renegotiation of the protocol, as Frost is asking for here? And if not, what would the U.K. do under Article 16 of the NI protocol? 9/
Important nuance here - Article 16 doesn't mean suspension of the whole protocol. Actions have to be limited to dealing with whatever is causing societal or economic problems 10/
So it's another summer of instability and uncertainty for Northern Ireland. And it's 2021 and the British government has just formally asked for another Brexit negotiation (😱) - we go again.. ends/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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