By Jonathan McCambridge and David Young, PAHere are answers to some of the key questions surrounding the deal that is set to deliver the restoration of powersharing in the North. The DUP leader says this is the best deal that could be achieved and has persuaded him to end his boycott of the powersharing institutions. The arch Brexiteer claimed the ongoing application of EU law in Northern Ireland was the result of a “spineless, weak-kneed, Brexit-betraying government, refusing to take on the EU and its interference in Northern Ireland”. They insist the Stormont boycott should only end when the contentious Northern Ireland Protocol, and the subsequent Windsor Framework, are scrapped entirely. The DUP leader has hit back, claiming his opponents have delivered a “big blank sheet of nothing” when it comes to removing the Irish Sea border.

Source: The Herald February 01, 2024 00:04 UTC