
JACOB Rees-Mogg has claimed the EU is trying to make the UK “feel bad” about Brexit – as Unionists in Northern Ireland refuse to engage in government until their demands on the protocol are met.
The ninety members of the new Northern Ireland Assembly – the majority of whom support the protocol – were due to meet on Friday to elect a speaker. However, the DUP is refusing to co-operate in protest at the Brexit deal agreed by the Tory Government.