A confidential Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) meeting was leaked to the public, with reports indicating that a 'senior' DUP executive member wore a wire to secretly record and disseminate the speech made by party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. The meeting, which was closed-doors, ended up being broadcasted across social media platforms and involved discussions about a new deal, with Donaldson stating that reduced Northern Ireland-Great Britain customs controls were central to the deal. Specifically, he claimed that for goods staying in Northern Ireland, there would be no customs checks or declarations, aligning with the UN internal market system. Political commentator Ian Dunt expressed skepticism about the feasibility of these claims, suggesting that checks would still be necessary and cautioning against hastily made agreements.
Ian Dunt(Politics UK) on the Stormont deal: "Jeffrey Donaldson(DUP) is saying things that simply cannot be true... no checks anywhere.. there will be checks.. have we learnt nothing... when we forced the brexit deal through very fast, & then spend 2 years unpicking the thing.. " https://t.co/nTQ6J1XqEz
Jeffrey Donaldson says reduced NI-GB customs controls central to deal: "For goods going to NI & staying in NI there will be no customs checks & no customs declarations. The green lane will be replaced by the UN internal market system... if they want to put a flag on it they can"
BBC News NI understands the "senior" #DUP executive member behind leaking the speech made by party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was wearing a wire. More from @endamcclafferty here 👇 https://t.co/HQNB9gLxZC
DUP mole 'wore a wire' to leak meeting to Jamie Bryson https://t.co/GL3niZy9Dn
Crunch closed-doors DUP meeting ends up live all over social media https://t.co/SydeJHnoki via @ft
this is top drawer trolling (leaking) of crucial DUP meeting https://t.co/ivQOq25MeM