And until the protocol is changed they've refused to enter into a power—sharing agreement, leaving northern ireland without a functioning government. joining us now is vicky pryce, who is former chief economic advisor and current board member of the centre for economics and business research. thank you forjoining us. this dispute is over two years old. what do we know of what might be proposed to resolve it? i think the most likely issue is which goods are going to be able to go freely from great britain to northern ireland without any checks and which ones need to be checked and there could...