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Grave and imminent peril

The protocol — or the government?

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jun 14, 2022
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It did not take us very long to see through the government’s attempt to explain why the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, introduced to parliament yesterday by the foreign secretary Liz Truss, would not breach international law:

The doctrine of necessity provides a clear basis in international law to justify the non-performance of international obligations…

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