UK GOVERNMENT ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE AFTER MAY BETRAYS DUP ALLIES

After she fucked up the election earlier this year, Theresa May can only remain Prime Minister of the UK because of the support of ten Democratic Unionist MPs from Northern Ireland. The DUP is strongly committed to keeping Northern Ireland in the UK. In fact that's their whole reason for existing.

Now, in order to make progress with EU negotiators, Theresa May has effectively sold out the DUP by agreeing to align Northern Ireland's economic regulations with the Republic of Ireland, keeping Northern Ireland in the single market and customs union of the EU, while the UK leaves. The news comes from Irish broadcaster RTE whose Europe editor Tony Connelly tweeted:

BREAKING: UK will concede that there will be no "regulatory divergence" on the island of Ireland on the single market and customs union, acc to a draft text seen by @rtenews

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) December 4, 2017

This effectively drives a major wedge between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, while bringing Irish unity, which the DUP vehemently opposes, one step closer. Republican politicians, Leftists, and Bremainers are cock-a-hoop:

BREAKING: Irish deputy PM effectively confirms deal done: "We hope to be in place in just over an hour's time that the Taoiseach will be able to make a positive statement to the country."

— lisa o'carroll (@lisaocarroll) December 4, 2017

But it seems that the Prime Minister is being just a little too complacent here -- one of her recurring faults -- as any deal that pushes Northern Ireland closer to the Republic in this way is sure to be a tough pill for the DUP to swallow. It could lead to the party instantly breaking from May's Conservative Party or else adopting a hair-trigger wait-and-see approach. Whatever happens, this is one more degree of fragility for an already extremely fragile government.

UPDATE:

"Northern Ireland must leave the EU on the same terms as the rest of the UK, we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence" - DUP leader Arlene Foster on #Brexit talks https://t.co/VKDYRXgOLk pic.twitter.com/e0FqI0NDq0

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 4, 2017