Boris needs a win. With France furious, and sleaze simmering, his little Union Jack in Armagh is more the desperation of the back-foot than the provocation of the front. Prompted by a confident Dublin, Brussels should oblige. The recent proposals from the EU Commission effectively remove the practical problems of the protocol, but he needs a win on symbols. What the Oath of Allegiance was to Dev 100 years ago, the role of the ECJ is to Boris today. Unlike the myopic Lloyd George, Brussels should use its strength to accommodate the weaker side. The Oath was never a fundamental…

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