This is no way to legislate for Northern Ireland. It is not right to annex part of our country to the European Union. At the time of the Windsor Framework, I and some colleagues in the Commons opposed it and pointed out that there were much easier ways of organising the trade and border arrangements between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The Government should go back to that work and understand that we do not have here a system of handling Northern Ireland’s law and trade which meets the requirements of the loyalist community, and maybe others in Northern Ireland as well.
The Government should be ashamed of how undemocratic this process is. As the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, has rightly identified, there is no point in consulting all the people who are to be affected by regulations in these areas in Northern Ireland because the Government cannot change them—and the Government cannot be bothered to work out the impact costs, or even the impact benefits, of the regulations because they rightly understand that they are a spectator. They are not in charge of any of these things.
Then we are told in the documents that there is going to be no review of how this works out. All the other examples that come to the Commons and the Lords from government for consideration go through a proper process. There is consultation with the people they are going to affect. Both Houses expect a proper assessment of costs and benefits. We expect a proper debate and if the Government have got it wrong, we expect them to go away and change or amend it. We certainly expect there to be a review after the process, so that we can see whether it has worked out in the way that the Government wanted.
The fact that none of these things can happen on any of these SIs means that we are going to spend a lot of time, on SI after SI, complaining about the process, so I have this suggestion for the Government. They have embarked on negotiations for something they call the EU reset. So far, all I have seen is a list of things that the EU wants, with the Government indicating that they would like to give those away in order to purchase some greater friendship or influence. It is always very odd that they think you get influence by giving in to what the other party wants. That is not the way most people negotiate.
Would it not be a good idea for the Government to put to the EU that this is doing damage to relations between communities in Northern Ireland and to the way in which they are governed; that it is undemocratic; and that we surely need a new settlement over how Northern Ireland legislation and trade are conducted? I very much recommend the mutual enforcement model, where we say that we will not send anything that is non-compliant from Northern Ireland to the EU and that we do not want to impose any new barriers on the Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland border—indeed, that we would dismantle all barriers between GB and Northern Ireland.
September 9, 2026
All I can say is for gods sake make sure Ed Miliband as no say in any matter regarding Northern Ireland the guy was a idiot on Net Zero now off his trolley about the Middle East crisis, unless your a Palestinian the Liebour party are not interested because of the vote share they will need at the next general election which cannot come soon enough before this country is fully crippled by taxes and invading young men
September 9, 2026
+1
September 9, 2026
I was expecting a blog re Palestine/ Israel
I hope Ed realises that repercussions will not be confined to that area only even though international law is on the side of Palestine.
We can condemn without imposing sanctions.
September 9, 2026
Indeed we can condemn all you like, but Israel takes no notice.
We know of Palestinians whose homes have been stolen by israei nationalists, is that fair ?
Remember not all Palestinians are terrorists,
How would you feel if your home was simply taken from you, to leave you homeless ?
Perhaps sanctions are not the best Idea, but Israel’s response shows they believe and support the theft of property , and they have done nothing to prevent it for decades !
No I am certainly not a Palestinian or terrorist supporter in any way, but israel seems to allow and condone this theft of properties, which certainly does not help any hope of long term peace
September 9, 2026
BA,
Agreed. Though talking about a two state solution is too little, too late.
Israel permits and encourages the theft of Palestinian land and the murders of innocent Palestinians while the USA provides support and cover.
September 9, 2026
Not so.
Note also that the population in Gaza HAS INCREASED!
Some genocide!
September 9, 2026
Agree
September 10, 2026
Steal my house and you make me your enemy for life.
Purchase my house at a little over a sensible market rate no problem.
If Israel want properties, buy them legally, not steal them !
Simples.
September 10, 2026
Gaza population growth projections predates (August 2023) the Israel-Palestine war that started on 7 October 2023.
First claim of such a ‘growth’ came from an X post on 19 November 2024 by Visegrad 24, a Polish news aggregator whose claims have been debunked multiple times.
It is a bit surprising that LA took sooo long to report such an important piece of news. Is her attention to such news just weakening? Without them this blog would be so lacking in пропаганда.
aap.com.au 04/12/2024
September 9, 2026
The KGB started the anti Israel vocabulary: apartheid, white supremacy, colonialism, genocide, famine, and now we must add settler violence. Qatar and Iran have taken it up and Russia and China have helped. there is a serious reason to divide Israel from the West.
There are about 70 Jewish juvenile delinquents who hate the IDF and hate the Arabs. They attack them both. They don’t live in Judaea and Samaria and the authorities come down on them very hard. The Israeli version of two tier policing. The Arab youth often get away with murder. This has been blown up into mass slander of half a million decent God fearing Jews living in Judaea and Samaria. These people are also subjected to daily acts of real terror at the hands of the Arabs which the world mafia never mentions. Instead, it accuses anyone trying to defend their family of “settler violence”. What Miliband would call “stories”.
September 9, 2026
I believe that we’re in a new era of ‘triumvirate’ a leadership of three …Burnham, Miliband & Corbyn, which has been in the planning for some time
September 9, 2026
The Windsor Agreement was the biggest act of treachery imposed by the last government
Going into every negotiation as a supplicant when we have a massive trade deficit with them.
Of course the majority in parliament agree because it keeps us tied to the rotting corpse of the EU.
As for the clowns Milibrains actio s on Israel I’m speechless. Well done Israel for closing the Consulate as this harms the Palestinians.
We really can’t afford 3 more years of this nonesense. Has anyone mentioned the impact on trading with states like Florida which will ban imports because of his stupidity.
September 9, 2026
+1
September 9, 2026
Both Boris and Liz Truss were putting through the NIP Bill when they were toppled. We then got Sunak and the
WF which cemented what Boris and Liz Truss were trying to undo. Sunak also prevented the EU Retained Law Bill from being completed and betrayed Raab and his Bill of Rights. We were then ready for the Starmer reset.
Now, thanks to Farage, it feels as if we are being governed by the 1960s NUS.
No-one ever asks Farage why he did it. Why he put in the global communists with a supermajority and revived the Liberals. He is supposed to be a Brexiteer after all. Was it revenge? Was it stupidity? Is he an agent? I don’t want to know about his expenses or his donations. I want to know why he did it to us.
September 9, 2026
Surely done for UK political reasons by Labour to fight back against the threat from the Green. But it will not even do that as they will just want more.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) operates a financial program known formally as the Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund, which provides monthly stipends to Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and to the families of those killed while carrying out attacks against Israelis. What sanctions do Burnham, Labour and Ed Miliband support to try to stop this?
September 10, 2026
Toby Young in the Spectator:-
“In case you were in any doubt that Cambridge University’s ‘independent review’ into the Jason Arday affair will blame the media for his death, the appointment of Nazir Afzal OBE as chair confirms it.
The former chief crown prosecutor for north-west England is no friend of press freedom. ‘Hate Speech is NOT Free Speech,’ he tweeted in 2024.”
The appalling left Chancellor of Camb. University and very many others should resign now for trashing the Cambridge University Brand rather like Jaguar & Miller Light but worse.
September 10, 2026
Allister Heath today:-
“What is wrong with Ed Miliband, who is already vying with Lord Halifax, Selwyn Lloyd, Sir Edward Grey and Samuel Hoare for the title of Britain’s worst Foreign Secretary since 1782, albeit without the stature or influence to pull it off?”
September 9, 2026
Good morning.
The only solution to the problem is to just ignore the agreement and tell the EU that, if it wants to create a border between North and South it can. Personally I do not see a problem with this since Ireland is separate from the rest of the EU and so if the EU is concerned about the integratory of their Market they can make the necessary checks when goods arrive from their. Oddly enough, and this is never mentioned, most goods coming from RoI into the rest of the EU come via the UK.
September 9, 2026
Would seem to be far more sensible than the present arrangements
September 9, 2026
Quite – it is up to the UK to police goods smuggled in from Eire and for the EU to police goods smuggled in from the UK (and people which there are problems policing from France too).
Creating a border in the Irish sea is artificial and kicking the can down the road for ease for the EU.
September 9, 2026
The biggest problem we will have to face in the coming years is Ireland. Overwhelmingly, Ulster voted Remain in the Brexit referendum. The fact that the rest of the UK narrowly voted leave has caused all sorts of difficulties, leaving NI still under EU rules and though there is no hard land border, there is a sea border.
Dissident Republicans in the Londonderry/Derry area have banded together under a “New IRA” banner and have carried out armed attacks against PSNI officers. They shot the journalist Lyra McKee dead in 2019 during a riot instigated when Biden was visiting Eire. Once again, they claim they are fighting for a united Ireland
The New IRA numbers less than 150 activists and compared to the Provisional IRA – which fought the British Army to a standstill during the latter part of the Troubles – remains a fringe organisation. However, the Eire Guarda recently intercepted a viable car bomb just before it crossed into Ulster.
They have formed a pro-Brexit far-left political group (Saoradh) The PSNI describe the party as the “political voice” of the New IRA and indicate that there is much membership overlap between the two groups.
Sinn Fein, now a mainstream political party, has achieved a measure of electoral success on both sides of the divide since the Good Friday Agreement. The British Government should be very careful over changing the current border arrangements
September 9, 2026
Well Wokingham voted Remain but a separate agreement wasn’t necessary to keep it in the EU.
September 9, 2026
There is a land border with Bulgaria and Turkey. When Georgia is discussing joining the block is the boarder with Turkey subject to draconian measures?
September 9, 2026
The Provos did NOT fight the British Army to a standstill. Our Army was not allowed to fight!
Then Whitelaw negotiated with them and surrendered!
The Good Friday Agreement is voided by the terms of the Windsor Agreement which contradicts it and therefore was impliedly repealed with the passing of the latest will of Parliament – the Windsor surrender.
Sinn Fein is LOATHED in the Freestate.
September 9, 2026
It doesn’t add up. Sinn Fein want to seize Northern Ireland so they can hand it over to the EU. Once they have achieved their “reunification” ambition, what purpose do they then have? Their only reason for existence is to hate present day English because of past British imperialism.
September 9, 2026
The Unionists voted to Leave. They still want to.
September 9, 2026
Indeed the Windsor Accord was appalling, but alas we had dire lefty, net zero fan & globalist Sunak as PM. He was cheered on by most Tory MPs.
He even abandoned ship six months early to gift a huge majority to Starmer.
So what do with think of Ed Miliband’s statement yesterday? He seems to be determined to inflict even more damage to the UK as Foreign Sec. than he has as Energy Sec.
Reply I have not spoken about the Middle East policy. The UK under this government has practically no influence over either side in the conflicts there. Nothing I could say would make any difference.
September 9, 2026
Reply to reply
We might have no influence over it, but the players have influence over us. Our trade with Israel is not insignificant. We have many Israelis in the UK. Also the Balfour Agreement is relevant here. Do we just walk away from that and our responsibility in it? It’s yet another thing to add to the list of ways this government is out of line with the people.
It’s right to speak up when we’re letting down an old ally, particularly when we helped set up the State in the first place.
September 9, 2026
Reply to reply:
We have two reliable and strong allies in this dangerous world, Israel and America. They both give us more than we give them. It will make a difference losing them.
September 9, 2026
To reply:- it looks like a misguided attempt to win back some votes from the Greens (that will not work) at the expense of UK interests in general to me.
I wonder if Labour will also go for the battery suitcases suggestion for OAPs to save on electricity from Lucy Yu at Octopus it seems – this surely makes no economic sense at all – but a good visible way to try to buy votes of OAPs in the Gordon Brown have a Baby Bond way.
If you do want to battery storage at all it is hugely cheaper to do it at the power source not in millions of pensioners homes. Plus you have the fire risks large depreciation then recycling costs after a few years. All to be made in China I assume.
Party promotions at public expense? Is this legal?
September 9, 2026
This year Ukrainian forces have made significant gains on the battlefield in winter and spring 2026.They launched the Oleksandrivka counteroffensive in spring/summer 2026 that liberated 26 settlements and over 745 square km in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia oblasts.
Russian forces, on the other hand, continue struggling to reach, let alone seize, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and Druzhkivka — in Ukraine’s heavily defended Fortress Belt
The war criminal Putin’s understanding of the military situation is severely distorted by the Russian military’s systematic lying, which is emboldening Putin to insist on his maximalist demands. Putin regularly makes absurd and aggrandizing claims of Russian advances on the battlefield to support his narrative of continuous and inevitable Russian military success. However, Russian and OSINT sources have increased reporting about ongoing Ukrainian counterattacks near Lyman in recent days
Reuters, well known as the source of much Russian dezinformatsiya, is reporting on yet another Trump one hour “very good” telecon where Putin, the liar, put him straight about what he, Trump, needs to do to rapidly bring the war to a close. Apparently all American and European military and financial support needs to be stopped, particularly the provision of anti-ballistic missile technology and more pressure should be applied to Zelenskyy to force him to capitulate.
Trump is reported as replying that he wants “improved relations with Russia, particularly on the economic front” Words fail me.
September 9, 2026
This will be a surprise to the Ukrainian Government, Zelensky and their Armed Forces.
Do you broadcast to them?
You should, they obviously don’t know what’s going on.
September 9, 2026
Film of the ‘busification’ aka press ganging of Ukrainian men is now being uploaded onto X by the Ukrainians themselves.
We are funding this unmitigated horror.
September 9, 2026
It’s Russian propaganda “desinformatsia” made by AI and now being spread by a Putin admirer
September 9, 2026
Trump is untouchable until his Presidency is over. Then his enemies will be after his blood. His enemies (many, many):
1. In politics (not just Democrats but moderate/sensible Republicans)
2. Those who see him as having corrupted the USA and the Constitution and want to set an example
3. Those in business
4. Countries abroad (and with access to high levels of intelligence gathering)
5. Those in the media who will be after the big story that will destroy Trump so they can make a tonne of money out of it.
The damage he’s done to right-wing politics and its reputation is scary. He’s given a second wind to socialism / WOKE etc that will come back to get their revenge.
September 9, 2026
(I don’t believe in vengeance. But I do in justice. And it’s precisely people who believe in The Holy Book who have to visit such people in prison – for ALL can be redeemed).
September 9, 2026
Which side is desperate for a ceasefire? Not the side that’s winning.
September 9, 2026
Renewables supplied a record-shattering 53.1% of the UK’s electricity during the first quarter of 2026, crossing the half-way threshold for a single quarter for the first time.
This share represents 43.7 terawatt-hours (TWh) of clean power generated in Q1 alone, a massive 18% increase compared to the same period last year.
If Britain had generated 43.7 TWh of electricity using traditional gas-fired power stations instead of renewables, those power plants would have needed to burn roughly 83 TWh of raw gas due to generation efficiency losses. Clean generation effectively displaced the need for 83 LNG tankers worth of imported fossil fuels in just three months
The Sofia Offshore Wind Farm operated by RWE, a 1.4 GW project, completed the installation of all 100 of its massive 14 MW turbines in June 2026. It is currently undergoing high-voltage direct current (HVDC) testing and is slated to begin phased grid operations by autumn 2026, in time for winter
Despite high gross exports during windy periods, Britain does remain a net electricity importer overall from the EU market for the time being. However, NESO projects that Britain’s aggressive clean expansion will tip the country into becoming a sustained net electricity exporter by 2028-30.
September 9, 2026
The problem with weather dependent, chaotically intermittent, renewables, prone to long periods with low or even close to zero power is that achieving an ever higher percentage of renewable generated electricity requires an ever increasing overbuild (and replacement/maintenance) cost of renewable and grid infrastructure together with an ever increasing cost of building and maintaining the backup system because, although it is used infrequently, must be both immediately available and sized for peak demand to prevent a total collapse of the supply of electricity, which is made ever more critical as the goal to electrification is completed. This is known as the “firming” problem. It is quite clear from NESO’s Clean Power 2030 report Table 2 that they intend to solve this firming problem of renewables for a 60GW peak demand not simply by expensively making 35 GW of gas generation permanently held in readiness when needed but also by intending to use up to 12 GW of rolling blackouts, euphemistically called “Demand Side Flexibility”. Oh, and although it is predicted by NESO that we may become a net exporter of electricity in TWhrs terms we will be a net importer in financial terms as the price of the electricity exported (may even be negative to reduce constraint payments) will be far less than the imported prices.
September 9, 2026
The situation Re. N.Ireland and the Windsor framework is a valuable open door for the EU and the Remainiacs in Westminster and their desire to ignore democracy by rejoining the EU.
September 9, 2026
(And when Moses faltered I meant – not God. God is perfect)
September 9, 2026
It was always punishment from the EU towards the UK. While we were in the EU there was always different tax and standards regimes, people just got on an managed and everything worked.
The concept from the EU that there has to be a barrier between the rest of the UK and Northern Island is bogus, just for them to allow the UK to be ‘seen’ as outside of the EU. If they needed a barrier they should have been the ones deploying it – they have put two fingers up to the Belfast Accord out of spite as they didn’t decide the rules
The problem lays with the UK Parliament and the UK Blob, they don’t want to be the ones that have to be the countries Government the Countries managers – they enjoyed the comfort of being told and ordered what to do by unelected unaccountable officials and bureaucrats.
This charade will continue until we get Brexit, until we get a parliament that will work first for the UK. As they show daily ‘they’, the UK Parliament want the soft option, sit on their hands pontificate about meaningless nonsense – anything to avoid doing their job, taking responsibility and working for the Nation
September 9, 2026
“….It is not right to annex part of our country to the European Union….. The Government should be ashamed of how undemocratic this process is….. So far, all I have seen is a list of things that the EU wants, with the Government indicating that they would like to give those away in order to purchase some greater friendship or influence…..”
We should not be surprised when we have imported millions of incompatibles for whom the only thing British is their passport and see Britain simply as a stepping stone as they pass through. They populate our government, Parliament, the civil service and judiciary. As Lord Gus O’Donnell who, when Cabinet Secretary, said in 2011: “When I was at the Treasury I argued for the most open door possible to immigration….. I think it’s my job to maximise global welfare not national.”
September 9, 2026
Agree with your every word LordR, I was going to say that our foreign policy over the past 4 decades has been atrocious, however NI isn’t an overseas territory …its UK
September 9, 2026
Northern Ireland was treated like a side issue to sort out later when the UK left the EU. It remains a muddle with turgid added complications that cause an ongoing nuisance solely because the negotiators were incompetent and couldn’t find a Right first Time solution. Too many decisions are made by bozos incapable of doing things right.
September 9, 2026
Unfortunately we are saddled with the Windsor framework thanks to the catastrophic strategy of Teresa May as negotiated by Ollie Robbins.
The very idea that she could win any concessions from Brussels by being nice and giving in to them was doomed : Brussels doesn’t do negotiations, it always bullies all comers into submission.
We should have told them that we are not going to erect a border between North and South, but if you want to, go ahead. Of course they were never goimg to.
Starmer was just as bad, giving away our fishing grounds for 12 years with nothing in return ! Macron was desperate to keep the fishing rights and Starmer could have demanded he took back the small boats in return for a three or five year deal on fishing.
Then of course we have the sheer lunacy of Chagos……..
Our Foreign Office is as bad as the Home Office.
September 9, 2026
As usual the Ryanair boss is correct about how crap the people who run air traffic control in the UK are…
They seem to be part of the woke public sector elite that are immune to the consequences of failure, like NHS bosses and so on…
September 10, 2026
NATS is a public-private partnership proposed in 1998. Since July2001 its financial structure is made of 42 % Airline Group (7 companies), 5% staff, 4% LHR Airport Ltd, 49% the Government’s golden share.
Maybe Mr O’Leary is continuing to be p***ed off not having been part of the seven original companies.
September 10, 2026
I dont think he would care who owned NATS as long as their systems did not keep crashing with no backups
September 9, 2026
You are right, Lord Redwood, but this Government and, I am sorry to say, the last one don’t do simple. Anything they can do to complicate matters, they will. Since Mrs Thatcher, every government seems determined to make things worse for the UK and refuse to stand up to the EU.
Having caused and still causing immense damage with Net Zero, Miliband now damages the UK as Foreign Secretary. No sane government would have him as a Minister!
I see the Government and media are labelling the protests against Immigration as far-right. In fact, they are a reflection of the growing frustration of ordinary people with the refusal of this Government, and several governments, to take action and stop the boats and reduce legal migration. Our new PM has said nothing and will soon face anger and rebellion in every postcode. What an absolute drip he is!
September 10, 2026
+1
September 9, 2026
I see the Conservative Council in Westminster is going to ban people from drinking while standing up in pubs, is this national policy? absolute clowns
September 9, 2026
No point in crying about the DUP or Lord Dodds they’ve had their day and are now in serious decline as a party. There will be electoral change in NI for sure and in its place will emerge a ‘New Ireland’ for the whole of the island if Ireland – as Charles Stewart Parnell MP said in Cork in 1885 “No man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation; no man has a right to say to his country- thus far shalt thou go and no further.” – we can already see the early signs.
September 9, 2026
The biggest problem with the EU and Northern Ireland is the way the border is used for lots of illegal immigration into England.
People who cannot get visas for entry to the UK simply fly to Dublin, then cross the land border, then get a ferry to mainland UK, then make their way to South East England, having never had their passport or visa status checked.
You dont need to ride a rubber boat, you can get good quality transport as an illegal immigrant via this route.
September 9, 2026
A very needed correction: The UK under all governments since the 1967 Six-Day War has had no influence over either side of the conflict in the Middle East.
Indeed as on so many topics Sir John writes about, nothing he could say would make any difference.
The coordinated sanctions by the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Australia and New Zealand regarding banning the importation of goods from West Bank illegal settlements and enforcing targeted measures against the settlements and those who facilitate them or profit from them are very long overdue.
September 9, 2026
Should we now only talk about matters we can make a difference as you require hefner?
Seems another example of your odd logic.
September 10, 2026
You really should learn how to read properly Sam. It is clear my logic is very different from what to me looks like your non-existing one.
My point was: the Israel-Palestine has been around since 1967. Multiple times there have been attempts to create a discussion framework towards peace. Those have failed again and again due to both sides in the conflict.
Performative clown antics (about ME, Ukraine-Russia or NI/RoI, specially not addressing the role of PotUs in these areas) are of no use, but you seem to enjoy those, don’t you?
Only a pressure put forward by a sizeable amount of countries might (NB might) make a difference. A bloke even crying out from the HoL looks a bit weak.
September 10, 2026
Where is your data on how Lord Redwood’s efforts have produced no difference to back up your claim?
Maybe less waffle and unecessary impolite comment guessing what I believe would be a great improvement from you hefner.
September 11, 2026
Please give me the ‘data’ showing that Sir John has had any impact on the ME, Ukraine-Russia or even the NI/RoI when Sunak was PM (Ft.com 24/02/2023 ‘Rishi Sunak to defy Tory right and push ahead with Northern Ireland protocol deal’).
You’re the one who said I was requiring anything. You’re so biased you only react to my hefner posts. Anything else I could be writing would pass muster with you.
You really are a lot of fun even if you never bring any argument into a ‘discussion’.
September 11, 2026
It is your claim not mine, therefore you need to provide proof.
Put up or shut up hefner.
September 12, 2026
How 1995 !
September 12, 2026
As usual you skulk away after you make a claim you know has no merit.
Other than to satisfy your need for continual negative carping on this site.
September 12, 2026
I cannot give proofs of the effects of Sir John’s comments on the conflicts in the ME, Ukraine-Russia or on the situation at the NI/RoI. I think that apart from this blog and the comments that rise from it their actual impact is non-existent.
You seem to think the opposite and I was hoping that you would provide details of what Sir John’s actions have brought regarding these topics.
Why can’t you give me some hints of what the improvements/changes have been?
You say I am only negatively carping, please compensate for my negativity by bringing us the positive angle on these topics. Is it so difficult? Is that not what a sensible discussion should be?
Reply I have never claimed to influence ME or Ukraine conflicts. These are foreign wars where the UK has little influence over Ukraine or US and no influence over Russia/ Iran. I have been much engaged in the rows over the NI Protocol and Windsor Framework where I opposed the Agreements and suggested an alternative with others.
September 12, 2026
As I said, it was your claim hefner.
It is for you to ecplain or even show your claim is correct.
It appears you just made it up to satisfy your negative attitude to Lord Redwood and this site in general.
PS
Finally, one has to wonder why you bother to continue to post on here when you believe it makes no difference.
September 9, 2026
Trying to make it apply to West Bank illegal settlements is weak. Origins will be disguised in order to thwart this.
Straightforward BDS is simpler and more appropriate.
We will not do that though. This is just so much window dressing at the moment.
September 9, 2026
wherever we may look we are increasingly beset with problems not just domestic but international.
Ireland North and South ties us to the Easter Agreement.EU/Eire wants Ulster back in the fold.Under the terms Irish nationals have freedom of movement across the Irish Sea.Indeed if holding a residence qualification
they can vote in our local and general elections and referenda.Ulsterfolk have it by right.The Prod/Catholic
divide still holds effect in Scotland but not in England and Wales.Dublin and Brussels want the entire island.SNP
wants out of UK and tied into Brussels.Labour/Greens/Libs want us back in the EU club.Conservative shilly shallying has created this mess.As for Palestine.WE created a homeland for the Jewish people and end up
being kicked in the nuts by Netanyahu