🗣'It was a row over the protocol - but for once not that protocol'
Rather than the divisive Brexit treaty, this time the main dispute centred on the diplomatic protocol between neighbouring nations as the Foreign Secretary visited Belfast.
But even if there is merit to this diplomacy argument, the UK government surely should have sounded this out well in advance. The mismanagement hands Sinn Féin an easy PR win. The public will likely be disinterested in the diplomatic niceties of engagements between government ministers. The round-table meeting should have been a cordial and frankly boring stocktaking exercise in efforts to rebuild relations after a chaotic year of revolving doors at Downing Street.
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