Nigel Dodds

Were going to look at that very closely, we will certainly look a... by Nigel Dodds

Were going to look at that very closely, we will certainly look at it very, very carefully.

We have said that were the backstop to become operational, Northern Ireland would sit in a separate legal position from the rest of the United Kingdom in economic and trade terms, in those circumstances there is the strong possibility that we could have a long-term outcome whereby Northern Ireland would inevitably pull away from its biggest trading market in Great Britain as there would be new internal barriers within the United Kingdom.

Northern Ireland cannot be subjected to new and onerous trade barriers within the United Kingdom as the price of leaving the European Union, we deeply regret the numerous missed opportunities by those who negotiated on behalf of the UK.

We want to see Brexit delivered, we believe the referendum result should be respected and delivered on, but it can't be at the risk of separating Northern Ireland out from the rest of the United Kingdom.

The confidence and supply arrangement (to support May) of course is built upon delivering Brexit on the basis of our shared priorities.

The trick will be for British Prime Minister Theresa May, can British Prime Minister Theresa May satisfy everyone ? It is going to be a very, very hard sell, I would have thought, but let's wait and see the actual detail.

We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to ensuring that the Brexit deal in no way weakens the United Kingdom, but it is also vitally important that the EU's interpretation of the backstop is rejected and ensure there is no border down the Irish sea.