Resolve Northern Ireland protocol or face more political chaos, warns DUP head

‘Either the PM delivers the provisions of the protocol bill by legislation or by negotiation and ensures that our place in the UK is restored ... or there will be no basis to re-enter Stormont,’ says Jeffrey Donaldson. Photograph: Peter Morrison/PA

Jeffrey Donaldson, the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader, has vowed to perpetuate Northern Ireland’s political paralysis unless the UK government overhauls its Brexit deal with the EU.

Donaldson told the DUP’s conference in Belfast on Saturday that he would not revive power sharing unless Downing Street met the party’s demands on the Northern Ireland protocol.