PM holds ‘frank’ conversations with DUP on NI visit

Published on March 12, 2021 - Duration: 01:02s

PM holds ‘frank’ conversations with DUP on NI visit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has held “frank” conversations with the DUP on the Northern Ireland Protocol as he visited the region.Extra checks on goods passing through its ports from the rest of the UK following Brexit have angered unionists.Mr Johnson toured a mass vaccination centre in First Minister Arlene Foster’s Co Fermanagh constituency.


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