The Northern Ireland Protocol has become one of the flashpoints of UK/EU relations post-Brexit.
Are any lasting solutions possible given the many different and conflicting interests within Northern Ireland, the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union?
Is any negotiated settlement likely to be lasting, temporary, or a festering sore in UK/EU relations and among the political differences within Northern Ireland?
Can all sides of the debate find enough political imagination, creativity and flexibility to craft a political settlement, or will the issues remain stuck in the straitjacket of inflexible technocracy?
You can finds some articles about the Northern Ireland polemic here and here (£)