Attorney General, ECJ should have no say in UK disputes over dreaded Brexit deal

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL has stated that the European Court of Justice should have no jurisdiction over conflicts within the United Kingdom, despite rising tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Suella Braverman, who will take over as Attorney General from Geoffrey Cox in February 2020, appeared on Sky News to explain advice she gave to the UK Government on the Northern Ireland Protocol. Last week, the Brexit-supporting Fareham MP claimed action in Ulster was “painfully necessary” and that the UK might remove elements of the Protocol. Ms Braverman, who was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015, told Sophy Ridge: “I am not going to be able to go into the details behind the legality; what I am able to say is that the measures announced are important, vital and have my support.”

Addressing the issues at hand, Ms Braverman added: “The effects of those problems are visible for everyone to see.

“We have seen the collapse of Stormont so that people in Northern Ireland are not going to be getting the services that they deserve because of a paralysis in their Government.

“We’ve seen more burdens and costs imposed on traders based in Northern Ireland because of excessive bureaucracy affected by the EU’s application of the rules in the Protocol, so there are problems and we want to get Stormont back up and running, we want to ensure Northern Ireland placed within the territory of the United Kingdom is secured and reassured and that’s why these proposals are very important.”

Ms Braverman, a former chair of the European Research Group who worked at the Bar for a decade, also stated that she would not publish the legal advice she provided to the UK Government since such advice is “privileged and confidential.”

Ms Braverman, though, took aim at the European Court of Justice when Ms Ridge pressed her on what “red lines” were in place.

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