Aligning with moderate unionism could have helped offset Stormont’s dysfunction and kept out Alliance
Democratic Unionist Party
Question is whether Sunak can sell a deal to DUP and Eurosceptic ERG
Events will not focus on a specific date but will take place across 2023
Heaton-Harris meets group of US congressmen opposed to controversial legislation in Washington DC
Northern Ireland Secretary tweets as midnight deadline approaches for forming Executive
An EU-UK protocol deal is inevitable. Donaldson’s best option is to try to sell any changes as a DUP victory
Growing expectation that Stormont poll will be postponed a second time
There is no pressure on the EU now to make further concessions. It is down to the British and the DUP to come to terms with what was agreed back in 2019
If EU and UK agree a new deal, Jeffrey Donaldson faces a difficult choice
If a new executive is not formed by January 19th, the UK Government assumes a legal responsibility to call a snap Assembly election
You can’t have a middle ground between constitutional polar opposites, particularly against a background of competing narratives and long-term agendas
UK government looks to break Stormont impasse over Brexit’s Northern Ireland protocol
DUP minister ordered a stop to checks between Britain and Northern Ireland which never came into force
Collective direction to resolve NI protocol impasse may pay off, but for the DUP a deal may mark the start of their problems
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