Starmer puts pressure on Sunak to resolve Northern Ireland Protocol issues
The IndependentSign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak must stand up to the “Brexit purity cult” of Eurosceptics on the Tory benches to find a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol issues, Sir Keir Starmer will say. The time to put Northern Ireland above a Brexit purity cult, which can never be satisfied – is now Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer “The time for action on the protocol is now. “The time to put Northern Ireland above a Brexit purity cult, which can never be satisfied – is now.” There was a “small window of opportunity” to resolve the issue before the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in April. “We’ve got to use the anniversary to fix minds, get the country and its political process moving forward again – deliver for the people of Northern Ireland,” he will say.