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| DUP has not come to terms with Brexit deal support', says Heaton-Harris | |
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| Chris Heaton-Harris says there will be no renegotiating the new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland | Chris Heaton-Harris says there will be no renegotiating the new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland |
| The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has "yet to come to terms with the significance" of the vote in support of the new Brexit deal, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said. | The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has "yet to come to terms with the significance" of the vote in support of the new Brexit deal, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said. |
| His comment comes a day after MPs voted by 515 to 29 to support the Windsor Framework deal agreed by Rishi Sunak. | His comment comes a day after MPs voted by 515 to 29 to support the Windsor Framework deal agreed by Rishi Sunak. |
| The DUP voted against it, saying the UK government had to make changes to it. | The DUP voted against it, saying the UK government had to make changes to it. |
| Speaking on Thursday, Mr Heaton-Harris said the deal was "done" and would soon become international law. | Speaking on Thursday, Mr Heaton-Harris said the deal was "done" and would soon become international law. |
| "There is no renegotiating of that deal," he said. | |
| "We are now going to put our best efforts into making that deal work - that's both us and the European Union." | |
| The joint UK-EU body that is overseeing Brexit will meet on Friday to ratify the legal changes brought about by the Windsor Framework. | |
| But DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he was "not a quitter" and would not give up in his campaign for an improved deal. | |
| He said the vote in Parliament on Wednesday did not represent the feelings of Northern Ireland unionists. | |
| The Windsor Framework has "an element of the sticking plaster" to it, says Sir Jeffrey Donaldson | The Windsor Framework has "an element of the sticking plaster" to it, says Sir Jeffrey Donaldson |
| The DUP has blocked the functioning of the power-sharing government at Stormont for more than a year in protest against trade rules that were set for Northern Ireland in the original Brexit deal agreed by Boris Johnson. | |
| The aim of the Windsor Framework was to alter those rules and reduce checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain. | |
| But the DUP has said the new deal done between the UK prime minister and the EU is not sufficient for it to agree to reinstate its ministers at Stormont. | |
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| Speaking after meeting Mr Heaton-Harris at Hillsborough Castle, Sir Jeffrey said he would work with the government to get the deal changed. | |
| "I'm not a quitter - I've never given up in terms of seeking to achieve what we need to achieve," he said. | "I'm not a quitter - I've never given up in terms of seeking to achieve what we need to achieve," he said. |
| "There is in the Windsor Framework an element of the sticking plaster and it won't work. | "There is in the Windsor Framework an element of the sticking plaster and it won't work. |
| "It will not deliver the long-term stability and prosperity that Northern Ireland needs." | "It will not deliver the long-term stability and prosperity that Northern Ireland needs." |
| Mr Heaton-Harris met the five main Stormont parties at Hillsborough to discuss the new Brexit deal as well as Northern Ireland's public finances, which he said were "definitely not in a good state". | |
| He said he would have to set Northern Ireland's budget for the coming year within the next few weeks if the executive was not up and running soon. | |
| "There are going to be some tough decisions," he said. | |
| How have the other parties reacted? | |
| Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill said the DUP had to "stop their boycott" of Stormont so that executive ministers could take control of the budget. | |
| Ministers had to be in post to make the case to the Treasury for extra funding for Northern Ireland, Ms O'Neill added. | Ministers had to be in post to make the case to the Treasury for extra funding for Northern Ireland, Ms O'Neill added. |
| "This budget is about to cause catastrophic damage to public services," she said. | "This budget is about to cause catastrophic damage to public services," she said. |
| "So the DUP need to get around the table with the rest of us, make politics work." | "So the DUP need to get around the table with the rest of us, make politics work." |
| Alliance Party MP Stephen Farry said Northern Ireland was "bleeding at present", with problems piling up and public services in real crisis. | |
| Michelle O'Neill - pictured with Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald - says the DUP must "stop their boycott" of Stormont | |
| He said his party had asked the UK government to consider providing a financial package and it appeared "the door is open to that". | |
| "This will require the parties in Northern Ireland to work together and to make a very persuasive case... to the Treasury," he said. | "This will require the parties in Northern Ireland to work together and to make a very persuasive case... to the Treasury," he said. |
| "So it reinforces the impetus on the DUP to join the rest of us in ensuring we have proper governance here." | "So it reinforces the impetus on the DUP to join the rest of us in ensuring we have proper governance here." |
| Ulster Unionist assembly member Robbie Butler said the level of budget cuts "on that cliff edge at the moment actually is quite alarming". | |
| He urged the DUP to accept the "difficulties" with the Windsor Framework and "put the people of Northern Ireland first". | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood said the DUP had to accept that it could not get everything it wanted from the new Brexit deal. | |
| "We have a huge opportunity with this [deal] to trade into both [UK and EU] markets unencumbered," said the Foyle MP. | |
| "People in Britain would give their right arm to have that opportunity." | |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| NI Brexit | NI Brexit |
| DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) | DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) |
| Brexit | Brexit |
| Sir Jeffrey Donaldson | Sir Jeffrey Donaldson |