Business Secretary Kwarsi Kwarteng has said it is “absolutely right” the government is ready to tear up parts of post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
The cabinet minister accused Brussels of being “unreasonable” in its approach towards the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Pressed on Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme if the UK administration was prepared to ditch parts of the agreement, Mr Kwarteng said: “Absolutely right.”
He added: “We have had a number of people in this country whose presumption has been that the government is always wrong and and the EU is always right.
“That’s clearly too simplistic. We have tried to negotiate.
“The protocol itself says it can be abrogated unilaterally if it’s shown not to be working.
“And clearly, if political stability is our number one priority, and people are saying that they won’t go into power sharing if it isn’t changed, we have to consider very carefully how we can…
