Protesters have staged a funeral outside the Conservative Party Conference to commemorate what they describe as the death of the Belfast Agreement.
The demonstration has been organised to coincide with the start of Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework, an agreement signed with the EU earlier this year in an attempt to ease relations between the bloc and Northern Ireland.
In a procession outside the conference centre, the protesters carried a coffin while dressed in black and wearing white masks.
They gathered outside the conference, holding signs which read "The Agreement: Killed by the Northern Ireland Protocol 1998-2021."
Sunak signed the deal with the EU in February and passed through the Commons in March
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Sunak signed the deal with the EU in February and passed through the Commons in March.
The deal passed through Parliament by 515 votes to 29, despite a rebellion from some of its own MPs and backlash from members of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Priti Patel, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Sir Jake Berry rebelled against the bill.
The framework includes a red and green lane system, for goods crossing over into the EU.
The system comes into force today.
The framework was introduced as part of an attempt to iron out issues with the 2020 Northern Ireland Protocol.
There are objections to the framework as - like the protocol - it keeps Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.
This means that goods can flow unimpeded between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The framework's aim is to reduce the number of controls on goods coming from Great Britain which are intended to be sold in Northern Ireland.
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The framework's aim is to reduce the number of controls on goods coming from Great Britain which are intended to be sold in Northern Ireland
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