The Northern Ireland minister urged those hardliners to consider what sort of future they want for the region.
The DUP is being pressurised by a small number of hardliners to stay out of the Stormont Assembly, Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has said.
The framework, negotiated by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this year and approved by Parliament, proposes reduced checks on goods travelling directly to Northern Ireland from Great Britain, to reduce trade barriers within the UK.He also urged hardliners to stop pressurising the DUP to stay out of Stormont, challenging them to consider what future they want.
“I would say to them and to everyone else, we now need to think really seriously about which futures are available and anyone as an opinion former who is now putting pressure on the DUP to stay out of government, they really need to ask themselves what they are trying to achieve.”Mr Baker said the EU will not re-enter negotiations, describing the Windsor Framework as “the best we could do … our compromise”.
“So what I’d say to, for want of a better term, hardline unionist opinion formers, please think about the best interests of Northern Ireland. If you want Northern Ireland in the Union, it’s going to need a government, so please give it that government.” Mr Baker responded: “Let’s be absolutely clear here, I’m not coming out here today to try to brief against the DUP.
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