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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
David Bond

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Dup paralyses stormont as northern ireland protocol row deepens - What They Never Told You

Northern Ireland is facing more Brexit turmoil after the Democratic Unionist Party said it would block the appointment of a Speaker to the region’s Stormont Assembly.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party will not support the election of a Speaker because of the party’s opposition to the Northern Ireland protocol, which established a trade border for some goods moving between Great Britain and the region.

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