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The Democratic Unionist Party may refuse to return to power in Northern Ireland in response to Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal. I understand.
The DUP verdict is seen as key to the success or failure of Mr Sunak’s Brexit campaign, with conservative euroskeptics suggesting he should follow union members’ precedent when voting for a deal.
The prime minister hopes the party will agree to resume power sharing in Stormont, where the government has been absent since May last year.
But DUP insiders said the new rules on how the Northern Ireland executive branch would be organized would, once power-sharing was established, collapse it, as before, by allowing either party to unilaterally secede. We warn you to be reluctant to do so because it means you can’t. .
an informant told I: “We can’t use that tactic again. Cabinet ministers from other parties just fill our places that they can’t now.”
DUP leader Sir Geoffrey Donaldson said he would take a verdict to amend the agreement only after the Northern Ireland Protocol has been fully published.
Irish News reports suggested the DUP would accept a protocol deal, but Donaldson denied this, saying, “We have not had time to go over the details and evaluate the deal against seven tests. I’m going to put it on.
This was because party members had already criticized the decision to invite European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to meet with King Charles after meeting with Mr Sunak in Windsor.
Former Prime Minister Dame Arlene Foster said: It sucks and I get really depressed at NI. It must be remembered that this is not a decision of the King and the government that made it clear is deaf. ”
Senior Brexit chief Jacob Rees-Mogg said his allies will wait to see what the DUP says about the deal before making up their minds. rice field.
“Boris Johnson’s position will always matter. He remains the biggest figure in British politics, so his views have fundamental implications for how this debate is played. ”
Former Cabinet Minister Teresa Billiers added: And when they are published, it turns out that people do not deliver the promised results. I learned that. ”
Sunak has also come under pressure from the left as the pro-European Conservative Party launches a new bid to reconsider existing trade deals with the EU to strengthen economic ties.
The Conservative Europe Forum, chaired by Theresa May’s former Deputy Prime Minister Sir David Liddington, said it would “identify practical measures to improve relations between the United Kingdom and the rest of democratic Europe”. purpose.