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Johnson: UK will act on Northern Ireland rules if EU won’t

Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson, centre, and party colleagues Gavin Robinson left, and Edwin Poots talk to the media at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. British Prime Minister Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn't agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are destabilizing Northern Ireland's delicate political balance. Johnson was holding private talks with the leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties, urging them to get back to work. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy, left, party leader Mary Lou McDonald, center, and Michelle O'Neill speak to the media at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. British Prime Minister Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn't agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are destabilizing Northern Ireland's delicate political balance. Johnson was holding private talks with the leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties, urging them to get back to work. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson, centre, and party colleagues Gavin Robinson left, and Edwin Poots talk to the media at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. British Prime Minister Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn't agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are destabilizing Northern Ireland's delicate political balance. Johnson was holding private talks with the leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties, urging them to get back to work. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Border Communities Against Brexit protest outside Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. British Prime Minister Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn't agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are destabilizing Northern Ireland's delicate political balance. Johnson was holding private talks with the leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties, urging them to get back to work. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy, left, party leader Mary Lou McDonald, center, and Michelle O'Neill speak to the media at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. British Prime Minister Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn't agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are destabilizing Northern Ireland's delicate political balance. Johnson was holding private talks with the leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties, urging them to get back to work. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) People demonstrate outside Hillsborough Castle as the motorcade of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson passes by during his visit, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA via AP) People demonstrate outside Hillsborough Castle ahead of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA via AP) People demonstrate outside Hillsborough Castle ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA via AP) Demonstrators protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Demonstrators protest as the motorcade of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson drives past on the way to Hillsborough Castle, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Demonstrators protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Demonstrators hold up signs including in Irish reading "Red with Anger, Act now", as they protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Demonstrators protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, gets out of a car as he is welcomed by Mark Larmour from the Northern Ireland Office upon his arrival at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 16, 2022. Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that's blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA via AP)