Liz Truss tells EU that Britain has ‘no choice’ but to rip up Northern Ireland protocol, as Joe Biden calls for ‘leadership’

Liz Truss tells EU that Britain has ‘no choice’ but to rip up Northern Ireland protocol, as Joe Biden calls for ‘leadership’

A senior UK minister has told the European Union she will have "no choice" but to rip up parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, further ratcheting up tensions between the two sides. Liz Truss, the foreign secretary and chief Brexit negotiator, told her Brussels counterpart Maroš Šefčovič that the EU was leaving Britain without any alternative but to unilaterally tear up the agreement signed less than three years ago. In a call on Thursday morning, the European Commission president "confirmed there was no room to expand the EU negotiating mandate, or introduce new proposals to reduce the overall level of trade friction," according to a read-out of the call issued from London. But Truss said that the situation in Northern Ireland had become a "matter of internal peace and security" and that "with regret" the government had no choice but to "act." As early as next Monday Insider reported Wednesday night. Truss will then set out the details of the bill – which carries the working title 'UK Internal Market 2' – to the Commons, before appearing at the 1922 committee of Tory backbenchers. The plan is designed to end border checks on goods traveling from Britain into Northern Ireland