Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“Having embraced the Boris proposals, which are premised on a regulatory border down the Irish Sea, the DUP is furiously trying to divert attention from their climbdown by playing up what they term the unionist veto in an Assembly which doesn’t exist. (Whether this ‘veto’ survives the negotiations is something to watch.)
“But, here is the question the DUP needs to now answer, and not dodge: “Will the DUP pledge to exercise that veto, no ifs, no buts?” Or, is the ‘veto’ only for the sales pitch optics?
“And what if there is no sitting Assembly?
“Unionists are entitled to an unequivocal answer from the DUP as to whether it will permit an all-Ireland economic zone on all goods, exclusively under EU rules, and the resulting regulatory border in the Irish Sea. It’s either something they are open to or not. So let’s have an unequivocal answer, Mrs Foster! No ifs. No buts!”