NI Protocol: Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister @edwinpootsmla outlines that without the grace periods in place the number of commonhealth entry documents to be processed for GB-NI trade would rise from 2,500 per week to 12,500 per week
Protocol requirement for customs declarations for parcel deliveries & Internet shopping fun the rest of the UK.
The new Irish Sea border ">>"To minimise the impact of further retailers and parcel operators leaving the NI market, the Consumer Council has written to the UK government seeking urgent clarity to be given to parcel operators.” newsletter.co.uk/news/uk-news/p…
A thread on issues with the Northern Ireland protocol
1 of many
FSB NI on the NI Protocol "Last week, one FSB member whose business is a long-established luxury food emporium, reported that over twenty suppliers in GB have stopped sending goods" fsb.org.uk/resources-page…
NI/British Retail Consortiums "We deal with 70% of what comes across the Irish Sea. The biggest difference is we will not be able to give Northern Ireland households the same choice and affordability as they have now. It's that simple." rte.ie/news/brexit/20…
Irish government to introduce further checks on livestock crossing the border from Northern Ireland
If we can conduct checks on milk tankers & sheep crossing the border (at the points of origin & destinations) without a physical frontier then why can't we do the same for sausages, cheese & flatscreen TV's?
Cattle passports are still required to move cattle between Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland. Checks but without a physical frontier.
My thread on ditching the backstop for Alternative Arrangements has got rather long. Here is a condensed version starting with recent comments by the Irish EU Commissioner stating checks will happen away from the border