The DUP is not happy with Theresa May's 'humiliating' Brexit delay

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It had been thought that the DUP were softening their stance towards the draft Brexit deal – until this statement today.

Image: Dominic Lipinski Image: Dominic Lipinski DUP DEPUTY LEADER Nigel Dodds has criticised the UK government, and called the delay to the date by which the UK leaves the European Union “a humiliation”.

In a statement released this afternoon, Dodds said that the fact that Theresa May didn’t do so “is all the more disappointing and inexcusable given the clear divisions and arguments which became evident amongst EU member states”. We have been very clear that we want a deal which delivers on the referendum result and which works for all parts of the U.K. and for the EU.

The Government has consistently settled for inferior compromises when they didn’t need to and when there was, and is, more negotiating with the EU to be done. In a statement ahead of the European Council summit, Theresa May had laid the blame for the current political impasse with MPs, for not voting her deal through. In response to this, Dodds said today:

 

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