Senior ministers believe Rishi Sunak “oversold” crucial aspects of his new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland and blamed it on a lack of experience in No 10 in dealing with the Democratic Unionist Party 🔴 Exclusive from RichardVaughan1
Windsor Framework agreement on Wednesday, with the DUP vowing to oppose the deal due to concerns it does not curtail EU law in Northern Ireland.voting against the dealIt comes despite members of Mr Sunak’s own government questioning the strength of the so-called “Stormont Brake” that will give members of the Northern Irish Assembly a greater say on what EU laws will apply in the province.: “The Stormont Brake doesn’t change the [Northern Ireland] protocol – Rishi has oversold it.
The MP insisted this was because the Government has “no experience of dealing with the DUP in No 10 because they’re all 12 [years old]”. “Getting it through on the back of Labour votes might fuel ERG anger, which never helps,” the MP said. “But it’s not going to cause too much of a stir.”
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