Now perhaps there is something I'm missing...my first reaction is Bollocks.
The EU has offered ways to reduce goods checks months ago well before the Ukraine war. The response was threats with involving A16. So "government will do whatever to reform protocol" sounds like more cherry picking.
Cherries that are now mouldy and in the brown bin.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/08/uk-will-do-whatever-necessary-to-reform-northern-ireland-brexit-protocol-says-dominic-raab
Now perhaps there is something I'm missing...my first reaction is Bollocks.
The EU has offered ways to reduce goods checks months ago well before the Ukraine war. The response was threats with involving A16. So "government will do whatever to reform protocol" sounds like more cherry picking.
Cherries that are now mouldy and in the brown bin.