STEP UP BORIS
Daily Record|April 10, 2021
PM under mounting pressure to resolve violent outbreaks in NI
BEN GLAZE
STEP UP BORIS

BORIS Johnson was last night under mounting pressure to take action over outbreaks of violence in Northern Ireland.

The “Brexit Protocol” for the province – which the Prime Minister agreed with Brussels – has been blamed for fuelling rioting in Loyalist areas.

The deal creates an Irish Sea trade border, which has enraged Unionists who fear it drives a wedge between Northern Ireland and Britain.

Tensions have also soared amid the fallout from the police’s handling of a mass republican funeral that took place during pandemic restrictions last year.

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