Sinn Fein leader: UK about to break international law
14 June 2022 |
10:59 am
London is preparing unilateral changes to the protocol governing trade in Northern Ireland post-Brexit. The head of Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party accused Boris Johnson's government of choosing a "destructive path."
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