Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“There is no concession in the EU’s suggestion that the Prime Minister’s proposals be accepted if the Unionist veto is removed. Rather, this is arrogant EU aggression that part of the UK must be extracted from the UK’s customs union and single market and aligned with the Republic. Following this, those whose whole purpose is to dismember the UK, namely Sinn Fein, should be gifted a veto on any escape from EU / Republic of Ireland captivity.
“This, of course, in part is the product of ever contemplating in the first place Union-dividing options. The burden on those who started down that road when they endorsed the Prime Minister’s proposals, specifically the DUP, is immense.
“The DUP have played fast and loose with the Union and now we see the entirely predictable outcome of that.”