25/05/2024
DUPโs โSafeguarding the Unionโ exposed as a sham
Addressing TUVโs Central Council meeting in Cookstown on Friday night, Jim Allister said the DUP/Donaldson Deal was now deservedly exposed as a sham.
โWhen the DUP jumped and accepted โSafeguarding the Unionโ it sought to justify its climbdown actions by claiming its deal would not only remove the Irish Sea border but fully restore NIโs place in the United Kingdom by reason of the successive delivery steps in its deal. By October new legislation would deliver all that was promised!
โNow, by October the PM wonโt even be in office, nor any legislation passed, and the DUPโs deal stands exposed as a threadbare sham. Such is what comes from the nativity of jumping first and squandering the only leverage they had. Clearly, Sunak never intended delivery, but the DUP fell for it hook, line and sinker.
โYet, the easily tricked DUP now pretends they will deliver after the election. No, they wonโt! Suddenly, the narrative has switched from deal done, sea border gone to a work in progress. How pathetic!
โMeanwhile, the constitutional reality is a Northern Ireland detached into the EUโs orbit, under foreign laws and a foreign partitioning border. This is the legacy of the DUP and its outgoing MPs. Yet, with brazen effrontery they demand unionists trust them again. Unlike the DUP, unionist voters once bitten will be twice shy.
โOnly a vote for TUV/Reform UK will count against the Protocol. All others are now, sadly, in the implementation camp.โ