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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Rishi Sunak must defy Brexit ‘puritans’ to get protocol deal, top lawyers warn

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Rishi Sunak should defy the “purist ideology” of hardline Brexiteers to solve the row over the Northern Ireland protocol and other post-Brexit problems, top lawyers have argued.

In a paper shared with The Independent, former EU court lawyers said the prime minister had to show “political courage, in the national interest, to displease a faction of Brexit purists”.

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