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Stormont weather: elections in Northern Ireland

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Northern Ireland Protocol

Northern Ireland protocol keeps northern ireland in the european union, single market for goods and in its customs union. It also means that there are cheqks on many of the goods that cross the irish sea from britain into northern ireland. There is going to be a vote in the stormant assembly on whether to keep or get rid of the sea border in 20 24. And so, sam, you set out a picture of a fractured political landscape, changing demographics, an the possibility of nobody being able to take power. Do you worry this leaves the door open for a return to militancy?

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