Liz Truss's Brexit and unionist credentials are yet to be fully tested, writes BBC NI's political editor EndaMcClafferty
That option has been refloated in recent weeks by Team Truss much to the frustration of the EU.Triggering Article 16 would be an easier sell to DUP supporters as "decisive action" but what will the new prime minister demand in return?
He insisted he will call an election at the end of October as he is legally obliged to do if an executive is not in place.if the DUP failed to re-engage.Armed with a strong mandate from the assembly election and support in the polls, the party insist it is under no pressure to act.Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says he will judge the new prime minister on her actions and not her words
That could be the moment when in his key note address, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will signal his party's return to the Assembly through supporting the election of a speaker.That would be a welcome boost for the new prime minister, fresh from her conference, and could act as a deterrent to peers plotting to disrupt the protocol bill who could be accused of risking political progress.
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