Brexit Critics Team Up to Oppose Sunak’s N. Ireland Deal
- Key pro-Brexit Tories met with Democratic Unionists on Tuesday
- Sunak seeks to persuade Conservative MPs on merits of deal
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Critics of Rishi Sunak said he had failed to resolve one of the key sticking points in the Brexit negotiations over Northern Ireland, a fresh setback as he tries to convince his own party to back plans to end a long-running dispute with the European Union.
Jeffrey Donaldson, who leads Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, a key caucus Sunak is trying to win over, said the UK prime minister’s proposals would still see Northern Irish businesses having to make goods in line with EU regulations — even if they don’t leave Northern Ireland.