DUP says Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal ‘the worst of all worlds’

What a difference a year makes. 12 months ago Boris Johnson was the star of the show at the Democratic Unionist’s party conference. Today neither he nor any Conservative minister was welcome. Indeed the Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay was expressly not invited.

The DUP’s deputy leader told delegates today that Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal was ‘the worst of all worlds’ and the party could block his attempt to go for an early general election.