Foreign Policy Disaster coupled with a democratic deficit

It is clear that a majority of people in Northern Ireland support the Northern Ireland Protocol which was negotiated by the British Prime Minister, who claimed the protocol to be a triumph. The Prime Minister signed the agreement and it must now be implemented in full. There should be no ifs or buts. The public of Northern Ireland voted for it and they deserve to be listened to. There is discontent within some of the Unionist community in Northern Ireland but this is no reason for the DUP to block the formation of a government for Northern Ireland unless the Northern Ireland Protocol  is abolished, as this is blackmail. It is a policy which is playing into the Irish nationalist's hands, and it is a self- defeating policy which will lead to a referendum about Irish unity. Such a referendum if based on a first past the post vote majority could lead to further division and perhaps violence. The DUP and the British government are playing with fire.

The US congress and the EU parliament have united to oppose the re-negotiation of the protocol. Britain is being isolated by its two closest friends. In a world of increasing political instability Britain needs unity rather than conflict.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/northern-ireland-protocol-biden-johnson-b2084695.html

The UK is now being excluded from the very valuable EU Horizons project which is due to invest billions in new scientific and advanced engineering projects. Britain is being excluded because of the failure to implement the Northern Ireland protocol, which is an International Treaty.  There is a possibility of a brain drain to the EU where British scientists  leave their home country for better opportunities in Europe - just like in the 1960s. Britain is going backwards.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/04/eu-urged-to-finalise-uks-membership-of-80bn-research-programme

I often ask myself who are the true patriots; our country is being lead backwards, backwards to where the UK becomes the sick man of Europe again instead of being economically and socially progressive? Brexit voters may realise, too late, the errors of their desire for an inward looking state.