under maclaverty in belfast. - from northern ireland. under maclaverty in belfast.e brandon lewis johnson loyalist ireland secretary of state brandon lewisjohnson loyalist has pledged morning to the prime minister about his personal private secretary has also resigned today. we are locked in her own political crisis here of course the northern ireland and the dup has walked away from power—sharing in protest at the northern ireland protocol and if there is a question of a boris johnson and his future than that presents a big challenge here because of the fact that the eu may well now consider that borisjohnson has his days numbered and would be less willing to strike a deal over the northern ireland protocol. then of course with legislation going through westminster now seeking to strip away parts of the protocol which may now run into difficulties if there is a leadership change in downing street. so the problems are stacking up and all those problems linked to the return of power—sharing in northern ireland. borisjohnson of course has no real political allies here