Ulster Unionist Party Chair, Lord Empey, has accused the DUP of opening the floodgates after Nigel Dodds attempted to distance his party from a potential deal between the Boris Johnson Government and Brussels.
Lord Empey said:
“Having realised their monumental blunder the DUP are now trying to run away. The DUP opened the floodgates by agreeing and advocating a regulatory border in the Irish Sea. This was the green light that Dublin and Brussels were waiting for.
“Knowing the political jam that Boris Johnson is in, Dublin and Brussels applied pressure and Boris Johnson, with the blessing of the DUP, gave way. Given that some of Boris Johnson`s advisers couldn't care less about Northern Ireland and the Union, this is no surprise.
“Nigel Dodds must take responsibility for opening this can of worms. He and his colleagues have been out-flanked, but it is the ordinary business people and the rest of us who will be asked to pay the price.”