A senior Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician has accused the British government of “spin” surrounding a new agreement set to replace controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements.
MP Sammy Wilson—the DUP’s chief whip—suggested the newly negotiated Windsor Framework was “not a great deal” while also taking aim at King Charles for meeting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen following crunch deal talks with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Wilson made the comments to Times Radio on Wednesday, firstly zoning in on the newly negotiated deal’s so-called “Stormont brake.”
The mechanism—which Sunak says puts the region in a “special” position—allows Northern Ireland politicians to oppose new EU goods rules….