'They've lost every battle': The rise and fall of the DUP's Brexit strategy

This week has not been good for Arlene Foster. Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA Images This week has not been good for Arlene Foster. Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA Images THE DUP TODAY is expected to firmly reject Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.

One thing Foster didn’t focus on was the huge compromise the party had already made in pursuit of a Brexit deal. After spending two years rejecting a border in the Irish sea, the party agreed to just that last week – a major shift from what was previously a ‘blood red line’. The University of Liverpool’s Jonathan Tonge, who specialises in Northern Irish politics, told TheJournal.ie that the party has been “completely stitched up by Boris Johnson”. It’s the latest, Tonge said, in a long line of defeats for the DUP.

“The fact that they’re basically now pro-remain and pro-Good Friday Agreement, you couldn’t make it up,” Tonge says.One detail included in the Belfast Telegraph piece could be read as a warning to voters ahead of the next UK general election, which seems imminent. Related Reads 18.10.19 DUP says voting against Brexit deal 'not the end of the game' 17.10.19 Explainer: Where has the Northern Ireland backstop gone? 17.10.19 UK and EU agree Brexit deal after intense negotiationsIn a typical political system, this would mean voters will set out to punish the party. But with the Ulster Unionist Party a peripheral force in Northern Irish politics, the options open to voters are more limited.

Dust or Ash 😱😱😱

They only think of themselves

She needs to do something about that chest hair

Scary to think that they are so spiteful towards Irish people that all common sense and goes out the window. Even the Brits find them too much. Knuckledraggers

Couldn't have happened to a better bunch

Now we can guess why they met the UDA/UFF.

Delighted for them they played a risky game and pardon the pun are getting burned now

In fairness though, they're not averse to a bit of ash themselves...💰

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