Sunday shows round-up: Government ‘confident’ of Protocol deal, says Raab

Dominic Raab – ‘There is a degree of quiet confidence’ about a Northern Ireland Protocol deal

Brexit dominated the news once again this morning, with government officials making positive noises about an imminent deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab sat down with Laura Kuenssberg to discuss the likelihood of the deal’s success, although he was vague about whether parliament would get a chance to have a proper vote on it:

David Lammy – Labour expects to ‘support this deal’

Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy sounded a similarly optimistic note, telling Sophie Ridge he expected the deal to be an improvement on Boris Johnson’s deal. He said that Labour was determined to act in the ‘national interest’:

Mark Francois – If the DUP don’t consent to the deal, ‘it’s simply not going to fly’

But Mark Francois, chair of the European Research Group, was less convinced. He told Ridge that any difference in treatment between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, especially with regard to possible oversight from the European Court of Justice, would mean the DUP would not support the deal.