Furious response from DUP over Northern Ireland protocol

Lord Dodds says UK falling into line' with EU and retreating from commitment to trigger article 16

The government's retreat from its hardline position in negotiations with the EU over Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland has elicited a furious response from the most senior unionist in the House of Lords.

Lord Dodds, the former deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist party, has issued a veiled threat of action" unless it restores the option of pulling the plug on the Northern Ireland protocol by using the article 16 process.