Rishi Sunak’s so-called Stormont Brake provides no actual power to veto EU laws being foisted on Britain, a Brexiteer has claimed, after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) vowed to vote against the plan tomorrow. Brexiteer businessman Ben Habib said despite the Prime Minister’s claims to the contrary, the Windsor Framework unveiled last month is essentially no different to the Northern Ireland Protocol, the mechanism for preventing a hard border on the island of Ireland which the DUP and others argue has resulted in a border down the Irish Sea.
Speaking yesterday, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the party’s officers had officers had unanimously agreed to vote against the proposals, which would permit a minority of MLAs at Stormont to formally flag concerns about the imposition of new EU laws in Northern Ireland - a move that could see the UK Government veto their introduction in the region.
He said: “Notwithstanding the issues and conditions which have to be met to make the brake work, it remains the case that the brake is not designed for, and therefore cannot apply, to the EU law which is already in place and for which no consent has been given for its application.”
Mr Habib told Express.co.uk: “Contrary to Rishi Sunak’s false claims, the Windsor Framework is not a new settlement for Northern Ireland. It is essentially the same as the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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