Conservative MPs have received a three-line whip for Monday as Downing Street declines to set out the PM Rishi Sunak's plans this weekend.
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak appears to be closing in on announcing a new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, as Conservative MPs were ordered to be in the UK Parliament on Monday.
The PA news agency has also been told that Tory MPs have received a three-line whip for Monday, meaning they must be in the Commons. But he would come under intense pressure if he does not give them an explicit vote, amid fears there could be a rebellion from hardline Brexiteers. UK foreign secretary James Cleverly indicated that ministers will not sign off on a deal over the protocol with Brussels until the DUP’s concerns are addressed.The protocol – signed by Boris Johnson in 2020 – was designed to prevent a hard border in Ireland after Brexit.
“Some of them are technical trade issues and very complicated and some of them are really simple but important principles, like Northern Ireland’s place as an integral part of the United Kingdom. And that sense of sovereignty, the importance of a democratic voice. The DUP has issued seven tests to win its backing for any deal, including addressing what it calls the “democratic deficit” meaning the nation is subject to EU rules.
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