A senior Democratic Unionist party figure has ruled out backing Theresa May’s Brexit deal despite party members meeting the prime minister on Thursday. Sammy Wilson, the Brexit spokesman for the Northern Irish party, said there was not any way in which his party could support the prime minister’s agreement. His comments came after the DUP deputy leader, Nigel Dodds, said his party’s opposition to Irish border backstop proposals had not lessened after a meeting with May on Thursday. He said Northern Ireland farmers and businesses should be “totally relaxed” by the prospect of a no-deal Brexit. There has been growing concern about a no-deal Brexit.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2019 09:25 UTC