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...Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the DUP, told MPs on Wednesday that the party wanted to see both EU and UK standards applying simultaneously in Northern Ireland in order to make Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s...
...But one former senior UK official feared Donaldson had “oversold” it....
...Protracted negotiations with the UK government have reassured DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, that this obstacle has now been removed, paving the way for the return of the executive in February....
...But some UK officials were less optimistic that Donaldson would change course and agree to restore the regional institutions....
...Donaldson said the measures to ease customs checks would deliver real change....
...But Donaldson has a reputation as a cautious leader. “The longer he dithers, the weaker he is,” said Heenan. “Is his legacy going to be ‘Dithering Donaldson’?’”...
...DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson called on Sunak during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons to “amend the UK internal market act and both guarantee and future-proof NI’s unfettered access...
...DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson then suggested he was preparing to return to the power-sharing executive, raising expectations that a careful choreography was afoot that could see a financial deal sealed...
...Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP leader, said in a message to his party at the end of November that the party was not “fixated with timelines” and would not be “calendar-led”....
...Nearly 12 months later, Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson now says his party will return to the executive that it has been boycotting since 2022, having secured supplementary assurances...
...There could be “no disguising” that EU law continued to apply to some aspects of the economy of Northern Ireland, Donaldson added....
...Dodds’ statement was posted on the party’s website, piling pressure on DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, who is widely believed to want to get Stormont back quickly and has not yet issued a formal verdict on...
...But Donaldson told reporters: “I believe the mandate we’ve been given in the council elections is a mandate to finish the job.”...
...DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson earlier met former US President Bill Clinton for what he called a “useful exchange”. “Northern Ireland is a divided society....
...Since Sunak presented the outline deal to the DUP last week, the party’s leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has made new demands....
...“Once there is a deal, Donaldson has a cataclysmic decision to make because we know it isn’t going to meet the tests,” said one former DUP special adviser....
...Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Democratic Unionist party, said: “These terrorists have nothing to offer and they must be brought to justice.”...
...“A solution to the protocol was never going to be found in the courts,” DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told reporters....
...Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the pro-UK Democratic Unionist party, which is boycotting the regional assembly in protest at the protocol, delivered a notably upbeat assessment....
...Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP leader, has repeatedly said any deal must “restore our place in the UK”....
...Sunak’s allies believe the deal taking shape will meet the seven tests for reforming the protocol set out by the DUP and hope that Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, its leader, can sell it to his party....
...Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP leader, said on Friday that progress had been made, but more was needed. Sunak cannot be sure what the unionists will do....
Micheál Martin calls for reform of governance arrangements enshrined in Good Friday accord
...Later, having spent 30 years as an editor at Condé Nast, Tober and her late husband Donald (the former CEO of Sugar Foods and the force behind Sweet’n Low) started to focus their efforts and resources on...
...Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP leader, stuck to his demand for “arrangements that reinstate NI’s place in the UK internal market and respect our constitutional position”, writing on Twitter that London and Brussels...
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