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TUV Lisburn South candidate Stewart McEvoy says DUP leader Emma Little-Pengelly's remarks about a "pathway" back into the Stormont executive show the DUP will return to implementing the Protocol after the local elections. He argues the Windsor Framework does not resolve Protocol issues and calls…
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DUP Deputy Leader Gavin Robinson, speaking to members in East Londonderry, says the Windsor Framework fell short of DUP manifesto commitments but progress was made, and calls on rivals to accept they were wrong to dismiss concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Staying the course – Robinson (opens in a new tab)
UUP Chief Whip John Stewart MLA accuses the DUP of avoiding its position on returning to Stormont before the 18 May election, asking it to say now whether it will return after the poll, citing the Windsor Framework and its panel report.
Constitutional affairs Original release: DUP should tell the public now whether they intend to return to Stormont after the election – Stewart (opens in a new tab)
UUP Vice-Chair and former MEP Jim Nicholson urges unionism to stop relying on wish-list politics and to push for influence through a restored Stormont, rejecting a return to Direct Rule. He says the Windsor Framework still needs fixing and that the DUP's conditions remain unmet.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Unionism needs to influence our future directly from Stormont – Nicholson (opens in a new tab)
DUP MLA Emma Little-Pengelly says devolution cannot be restored until the Northern Ireland Protocol is dealt with, calling for it to be replaced with arrangements unionists can support. She says the UK Government's New Decade, New Approach promise remains unmet, marking the date set in December…
Constitutional affairs Issue: DUP blockade preventing formation of Northern Ireland Executive Original release: Resolve the Protocol or basis for restoration of devolution will not… (opens in a new tab)
DUP Deputy Leader Michelle McIlveen says First Minister Michelle O'Neill's call for a border poll to coincide with the Belfast Agreement's 30th anniversary reflects misguided priorities. She claims it lays groundwork for using the 2027 election cycle as a mandate and urges Sinn Fein to focus on…
Constitutional affairs Original release: Divisive border poll talk reflective of SFs misguided priorities –… (opens in a new tab)
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD welcomes the conclusion of London-Brussels talks on the Protocol and says her party will meet that evening to examine the detail. She urges the DUP to return to the Executive and end its boycott of Stormont.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Sinn Féin President welcomes conclusion of Protocol negotiations (opens in a new tab)