'Pandering to DUP' Liz Truss bashed amid Brexit crisis – 'woefully misinformed'

Alliance deputy chief Stephen Farry has accused Boris Johnson’s Authorities and International Secretary Liz Truss of enjoying soiled politics amid the protocol stalemate. Northern Eire has plunged right into a political disaster after the DUP refused to call a Speaker of the Home. 

Unionists mentioned they gained’t designate a speaker till their issues over the Northern Eire protocol are addressed. In keeping with regulation, the Northern Irish Authorities can’t perform with no speaker.

Talking on LBC, Mr Farry lashed out: “I’m sorry to say however Liz Truss and her colleagues in authorities are woefully misinformed about Northern Eire and badly out of contact with that.

“Effectively, they’re pandering to the DUP narrative and so they’re additionally enjoying inside conservative occasion politics.

“They’re additionally pandering to the ERG.”

Whereas the Democratic Unionist Get together (DUP) has urged the Authorities to evaluation the Protocol, the European Analysis Group (ERG) – a analysis help group of Eurosceptic Conservatives – has demanded it’s scrapped.

With Liz Truss’ robust stance on the EU, the International Secretary is tapping into each teams’ frustrations, Mr Farry mentioned. He added Truss is performing that means for her personal political benefit as rumours have unfold round a possible conservative management contest.

“We’re seeing individuals docking for positions when it comes to some future Conservative management contest.

“And Northern Eire is the pawn in all of this.”

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“There are already difficulties when it comes to commerce within the UK as a complete and within the European Union”, Mr Farry continued. 

“So, it’s utter insanity to be taking place this street, notably when it’s not truly needed right here in Northern Eire.”

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will journey to Northern Eire on Monday in a bid to unravel the political disaster. DUP chief Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has already warned Boris Johnson should “define what he intends to do” in regards to the Northern Eire protocol.