Boris Johnson willing to 'rip up' his own Brexit deal to avoid Northern Ireland violence

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Boris Johnson is said to be willing to "rip up" up his own Brexit deal with the EU over Northern Ireland to avoid an eruption of violence in the summer march­ing season.

Brexit minister Lord Frost issued a veiled threat that the UK was willing to walk away from its promises in the agreement unless Brussels gives ground on goods checks.

Senior Government sources have suggested the Northern Ireland protocol is "dead in the water" unless the EU is prepared for the UK to row back on its commitments.

One said: “The marching season is a date whereby you would want to have a material improvement in what is happening. “We need a bit of movement by then because that is when we risk seeing the kind of disruption and the protests that we had

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