Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“Though now severely tainted, the constitutional dangers of the Donaldson Deal remain and will be unmitigated by Gavin Robinson, whose fingerprints are all over the disastrous Donaldson Deal. Gavin is simply continuity Jeffrey.
“What the tainted Donaldson Deal amounts to is the double whammy of enthroning Sinn Fein while at the same time accepting EU law and a partitioning Irish Sea border, all designed to produce the stepping stone of an all-Ireland economy. That is the essence of the sellout deal that did not change one word of the iniquitous Protocol.
“There is little point in those uneasy with the tainted Donaldson Deal protesting their dissent while at the same time pledging their full support to a new leader equally determined to sustain it. Now is a moment to put country before party, particularly for the many in the DUP unhappy with the Donaldson Deal.
“Whatever others do, TUV with the support of Reform UK will continue to expose and oppose the tainted Donaldson Deal and offer instead a vision of strengthening, not weakening, our GB links with further integration, not separation, our goal.”