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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jennifer Rankin Rowena Mason and Rory Carroll

DARK SECRETS: No option off the table on northern ireland protocol gove warns eu - The Real Truth

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss
The foreign secretary, Liz Truss. An EU diplomat described her threat of unilateral action as ‘very risky, even irresponsible’. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

European Union insiders have warned that the British government’s threat to abandon parts of the Northern Ireland protocol risks undermining the international alliance against Vladimir Putin.

Officials in Brussels were “flabbergasted” at the timing of an intervention from the UK foreign secretary, who issued a statement on Tuesday night saying she would “not shy away” from taking unilateral action on the protocol.

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