The DUP leader said his party had not only identified the problems associated with Northern Ireland Protocol, but provided solutions to it through its actions in recent years. He said the party enters the election on a record of delivery on the protocol over the last five years. Lorna Smyth, who is running for Jim Allister’s party in Lagan Valley, said: “Only the DUP could claim that having said that they had achieved ‘zero checks, zero paperwork’ in February only to concede in June that that wasn’t true to now deny that there had been any U-turn on the issue.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. “At the start of this election, Ian Paisley conceded that his party had engaged in ‘spin’ following the publication of the Donaldson/Robinson deal with the government. Significantly, that spin was against the unionist people.
“Furthermore, just last week the DUP rubbished their own deal by calling for mutual enforcement rather than the scheme spelt out in the ‘Safeguarding the Union’ document, which don’t forget, is one the DUP championed. “The DUP position on the deal which formed the basis of their return to Stormont changes on a daily basis. “Small wonder then that TUV is the only party, according to polling by Queen’s, to be trusted by unionists to tell the truth about the sea border.
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