Who supports the Northern Ireland Protocol - and who wants to tear it up?

Battle lines drawn as UK government prepares to unveil controversial plans to override key Brexit provision

Unionists vehemently opposed the Northern Ireland Protocol
(Image credit: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images)

The government is to set out its highly controversial plan to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol this afternoon as Brexit once again returns to the top of the political agenda.

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