Orange Institution welcomes legal challenge against NI Protocol

The Orange Institution both welcomes and supports the legal challenge against the Northern Ireland Protocol which is being pursed and supported jointly by the Unionist parties.

The Orange Institution has been clear in its opposition to the NI Protocol and the Irish Sea Border that it has created, which sets Northern Ireland as a place apart from the rest of the United Kingdom. The NI Protocol is totally unacceptable.

It is encouraging to see the unionist parties come together in support of this legal challenge, which we trust will be a step towards the removal of this fundamentally flawed Protocol.

The Unionist parties have the full backing of the Orange Institution in their combined efforts to remove the NI Protocol. Simply tweaking or attempting to soften the impact of the NI Protocol will not be accepted. The Northern Ireland Protocol must go now!