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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Peer urges unionists to ignore ‘communal rhetoric’ in assessing Brexit deal

Lord Bew
‘There is a problem of political management here for the DUP,’ Lord Bew told the Northern Ireland affairs committee. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

A peer and Northern Ireland expert has urged unionists to respond to the substance of Rishi Sunak’s revised Brexit deal alone, rather than the “communal rhetoric” that has been whipped up by others.

Paul Bew told MPs on Wednesday it was “important” that people recognised the tricky political task facing the Democratic Unionist party leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, who must balance the views of the party and its base when making a decision on whether to support the Windsor framework.

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