C'mon Liz.

 Brexiteer warns Liz Truss has a month to act over Northern Ireland Protocol

Lord Daniel Hanan has warned if the Northern Ireland Protocol is in force after the province's May election, then there is no prospect of restoring the devolved government.

He explained how Northern Ireland's executive has formed the basis of the peace settlement for the past 24 years.

The Tory peer said with the Assembly election due to be held on May 5, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has one month to act.

Lord Hannan, writing in The Telegraph, said: "Britain has every right to adjust the Protocol in a way that respects the interests of both communities in Northern Ireland, by ensuring that the North/South border and the East/West border are fully open. Indeed, not just the right – the duty.

"If the Protocol is in force after the 5 May election, there is no prospect of restoring the devolved government that has been the basis of the peace settlement these past 24 years. That gives Liz Truss, whose responsibility all this has now become, a month to act."

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