tina mckenzie chairs the federation of small businesses in northern ireland. acrificed in a political argument between the eu and uk? . , ., and uk? that evening. it is nothing unusual in northern _ and uk? that evening. it is nothing unusual in northern ireland - and uk? that evening. it is nothing unusual in northern ireland for- unusual in northern ireland for businesses to be affected by such political tensions. that is for sure. i think a lot of businesses are really struggling because, first and foremost, we're in the middle of covid and most businesses have been shot down on and off for the last nine months, and layer on top of that complexity of the brexit decision recently and a short period of time there was to really prepare as a business for that, and then now with deep protocol, we have real issues around getting goods. we have got the plants and very other issues where we cannot get them through the checks and people are really struggling. checks and people are really struggling-— checks and people are really stru~lin-.~ . ' . struggling. what dif