'This is one of the most remarkable interviews I've ever conducted!'
James O'Brien is blown away as Professor Mark Elliott explains why the Government lacks legal authority to dump the Northern Ireland protocol.
@mrjamesob | @ProfMarkElliott
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In the wake of Steve Bray’s arrest, this thread counts the warning signs the UK has largely ignored.
And shows what we can do about it.
@snb19692
1/ABOUT 30.
IMHO the UK now faces a crisis that is, in some ways, even greater than the one we faced when confronting Hitler. In WW2 at least we had politicians of integrity, who upheld our democratic values, and around whom the nation could unite. There was no enemy within.
One month before Russia invaded Ukraine, I stood trial at the High Court. And now I wait, in purgatory, to be judged.
But I believe this trial and the silence around it - & all the Kremlin's men - has revealed something profoundly rotten at the heart of the British state.
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Are Ministers suggesting that the Prime Minister agreed to a Treaty that put the Northern Ireland peace process at risk? And then fought a General Election promising to implement such a Treaty?
Here's the angle where he speaks to me. As you can see, he heads over the road and fetches his daughter and we cut. A total non-story being whipped up online by people who love to shout 'fake news' but the tweet has been shared hundreds of times, the truth? How far does that go?