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On the day DUP voted against the deal, it is worth briefly remembering how, after voting for Brexit, they have managed to pretty much vote against every form of Brexit possible, go from kingmakers to irrelevant & harm their core cause. A true lesson in how not to do politics. 1/ https://twitter.com/duponline/status/1344249360197029888
As a reminder they had the offer under the previous govt at 3rd meaningful vote of entire UK in a customs union, with alignment on other areas & Stormont lock on new laws. As well as a wider econ package. They voted against it & were main reason it failed 2/
In the indicative votes process they then proceeded to vote against customs union & EEA. Often professing a desire for the sort of relationship which is now on offer in the FTA. 3/
They then opened the door to the eventual NI Protocol we have now by backing the PMs original proposals despite knowing the EU would never accept the customs elements & being warned that the priority was flexibility for GB. 4/
Much of this was based on their entire misreading that, at an election they would still secure their position as kingmakers. But when the election came they did badly & Conservatives outperformed. 5/
All this has resulted in barriers to trade between GB & NI, arguably making them more distant than ever. All this pains me to say as a unionist but truly a series of epic own goals by the DUP. 6/ ENDS
