Britain again warns EU it will trigger Brexit safeguard measures

British Brexit minister David Frost warned the European Union on Monday that London would trigger safeguard measures in their divorce deal if the bloc fails to respond to its demands for changes to the so-called Northern Ireland protocol.

Addressing the governing Conservative Party's conference in the northern English city of Manchester, Frost told a sparsely populated hall: "Without an agreed solution soon, we will need to act, using the Article 16 safeguard mechanism, to address the impact the protocol is having on Northern Ireland."

"That may in the end be the only way to protect our country - our people, our trade, our territorial integrity, the peace process, and the benefits of this great UK of which we are all part."

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