In all areas, the UK continues to backtrack.

The European Union argues that we should be subject to rules of the club that we have left.

The precondition is the level playing field.

We can deliver a real Brexit that achieves our objectives.

But if there is not a deal, we still need the Irish protocol or the Northern Irish protocol fully implemented.

I'm going to miss being the pantomime villain. Hello and protocol or the Northern Irish protocol fully implemented.

I'm going to miss being the pantomime village.

Hello and welcome to Brexit Republic, RTEs podcast on Brexit.

I'm Tony Connolly, RTE's Europe editor at the One Ocean Summit in Brittany.

I'm Sean Wheelan, RTE's correspondent in London. I'm Connor Whelan, RTE's correspondent in London.

I'm Connor McCauley, RTE's Northern Correspondent, in Belfast.

And I'm Colm Ongo, Mungown, RTE's Deputy Foreign Editor in Dublin.

Each week, Brexit Republic brings you all the latest developments in Dublin, Belfast, Brussels and London.

This week, another round of negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Will the UK make a move on how to reduce customs checks on the Irish Sea,

as those assembly elections get closer, and political turmoil grips northern politics?

And who would have guessed it?

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee says that Brexit has caused delays,

disruption and expenses for UK exporters. We'll take a closer look at the PAC report and at how Boris Johnson is once again falling out with fellow Conservatives and Unionists. This time, Sir John

Major and Ian Paisley Jr. And we'll take a look at how Northern Ireland

will remain aligned with the EU rules into the future with some surprising findings, thanks to

research by Lisa Clare Whitten of Queen's University Belfast. And staying with Belfast, we're going to

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