Ben Lowry: Unionists have not as claimed got most of their demands in this protocol deal

A letter from News Letter editor Ben Lowry

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News   Sport   What's On              I N S I D E R           Feb 18, 2023             Ben Lowry Editor We are a week closer to spring and the coming days will be so mild as to be almost warm for February.   But winter is not necessarily done. I once built a snowman at school pal's birthday in ... April.   Oil fell again and NI supplies are said to be good   Today we lead on Peter Summerton, a haulier who has become an expert on protocol problems. It is very troubling that he thinks this deal could make the border worse (link to his full essay within the article).   This letter is responding to David Burnside's contribution on how to fund road racing. Both agree fans could pay more   800 beds is a big building on what was (I think) the former Belfast Telegraph car park. As a young reporter it was a rare perk occasionally to get a spare space there   Some legacy stuff: a former greenfinch defends the UDR women (within the story is a link to Danny Kinahan's essay on the controversy)   The La Mon attack was 45 years ago. A friend of mine who lived doors away was aged six and still remembers a bomb so loud they thought there had been an explosion outside their kitchen door. On the anniversary we ran a sombre piece from Prof Henry Patterson     Dr Cillian McGrattan on the speed of the IRA's rehabilitation   My column is on unfair criticisms of the unionist position on the protocol   -- Ben Lowry Editor              Ben Lowry: Unionists have not as claimed got most of their demands in this protocol deal   Read more +     Transport chief: NI Protocol deal could make things worse by leading to fewer checks but more documentation   Read more +           La Mon House bombing: 'You build up resistance, but these injuries were horrific – the worst ever'                     ​Norman Hughes was Northern Ireland's senior plastic surgeon when the La Mon House bombing occurred. He treated eight of the most severely burned survivors, five men and three women.           Read more +

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