The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is facing significant internal division, with a secretive party executive meeting being live-streamed by Jamie Bryson, a rival of Donaldson. The party's unity has been called into question, with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's leadership being publicly challenged. Donaldson emphasized the need for courageous decision-making as the party prepares to return to Stormont. There are calls for UK government support for Donaldson's pragmatic approach.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has taken his party down a path of pragmatism. The UK government must support him. By me for the @Telegraph https://t.co/zynjk2Fdu3
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said leaders need to be courageous in decision-making as he announced that his party is preparing to return to Stormont. https://t.co/fpQB3hhbXf
What unfolded tonight in spectacular fashion was not just the humiliation of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson by a man he thought he could outsmart, but the collapse of any remaining aura of invincibility around the DUP. ➡️https://t.co/8zzRkUhlx9 https://t.co/8zzRkUhlx9
I never thought the moment would come. But the DUP at tonight’s meeting is making the UUP under David Trimble look like a model of harmony, unity, control and sanity.
Just extraordinary: Days after DUP deputy leader Gavin Robinson indignantly told the Commons the DUP was totally united, the party is so thoroughly divided that Donaldson's arch-rival Jamie Bryson has a live feed of tonight's secretive party executive meeting. https://t.co/BzIDAuFWhc