NEW IRELAND ÉIRE NUA
Working together
makes sense BY GERRY ADAMS
Earlier this year, in April, protests against the Protocol and the so-called Irish Sea Border, agreed by the British government with the European Union, took place in several parts of the North, mainly Belfast. The DUP and the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) claimed that the Irish Protocol is destabilising the North.
diktat from yet another unelected German.” Campbell and others like to ignore the fact that the “people of Northern Ireland” democratically voted to remain in the EU in the referendum of 2016. The summer of chaos didn’t happen. There have been protests but most have been poorly attended. Within loyalism there exist different voices and different opinions on the way forward. There isn’t unanimity of approach around the possibility of “chaos” or violence. There are many within loyalism and the community sector working within loyalist working class areas who oppose unionist politicians using their community as a stick to
Much of their criticism was directed at the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The LCC Chairperson David Campbell described Mrs Von Der Leyen as an “ostrich with her head in the sand” and he warned that the North is set to “descend into chaos this summer.” Campbell, who represents no one, said: “the protocol has to go and will go - the people of Northern Ireland will not accept this
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