{"id":385832,"date":"2018-11-20T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/dup-begins-flirting-with-corbyns-labour-as-brexit-deal-vote-shakes-parliamentary-alliances-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-11-20T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:22:07","slug":"dup-begins-flirting-with-corbyns-labour-as-brexit-deal-vote-shakes-parliamentary-alliances-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/dup-begins-flirting-with-corbyns-labour-as-brexit-deal-vote-shakes-parliamentary-alliances-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"DUP begins flirting with Corbyn\u2019s Labour as Brexit deal vote shakes parliamentary alliances \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.11\/thumbnail\/5bf3f425dda4c8cd058b45a4.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Theresa May got a stark warning about the power of her Northern Irish allies, the DUP, after they switched their support, siding with Labour in several parliamentary votes on a finance bill.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The move throws into doubt the future of the confidence and supply arrangement that sees the DUP\u2019s 10 MPs vote with the government. In return for their support, May pledged that there will be no separate post-Brexit status for Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aYI3A-18G7M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Tory-DUP deal is now under threat, after the Northern Irish party warned that the Brexit withdrawal agreement threatens the unity of the United Kingdom, following its publication last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/444367-dyer-brexit-boris-farage\/\">READ MORE:\u00a0\u2018Stupid haircut, spouting b******s\u2019: Danny Dyer\u2019s back with another epic Brexit roast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sammy Wilson, the DUP\u2019s Brexit spokesperson, told the BBC that the deal means that <em>\u201cthe government has not honored its side of the bargain, [and] we tonight tried to spell out some of the consequences of that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the DUP displayed their power by failing to back May\u2019s minority government in several votes on a finance bill.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe had to do something to show our displeasure,\u201d<\/em> Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>The tactic, which saw the DUP siding with Labour, was <em>\u201cdesigned to send a political message to the government: Look, we\u2019ve got an agreement with you but you\u2019ve got to keep your side of the bargain otherwise we don\u2019t feel obliged to keep ours,\u201d<\/em> stated Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>The DUP\u2019s Nigel Dodds, who once said a Corbyn government would be a national <em>\u201cdisaster,\u201d<\/em> praised the Labour leader last week, saying that he <em>\u201cgets it\u201d<\/em> in relation to the withdrawal agreement. The cozying up of Dodds to Corbyn is an ominous sign for May, relying as she does on the DUP\u2019s support to pass legislation.<\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s much-maligned Brexit withdrawal deal wouldn\u2019t get through parliament should her DUP allies join with Labour, among others, in voting against it.<\/p>\n<p>While none of the opposition motions passed, the shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, Jon Trickett, said that the vote signaled that<em> \u201cwe no longer have a functioning government. With Brexit only a few months away, something has got to give.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/444332-troops-no-deal-brexit\/\">READ MORE:\u00a0Operation \u2018No deal\u2019? UK army braces for Brexit chaos as May faces fierce rejection of divorce plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DUP\u2019s warning will dampen May\u2019s confidence, which was growing after an attempted coup by the hard-Brexit-supporting faction, the European Research Group (ERG), began to stutter.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/subscribe\/\" id=\"subscribe-focus\">Subscribe<\/a> to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won\u2019t tell you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/444438-brexit-labour-dup-tory\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theresa May got a stark warning about the power of her Northern Irish allies, the DUP, after they switched their support, siding with Labour in several parliamentary votes on a finance bill. The move throws into doubt the future of the confidence and supply arrangement that sees the DUP\u2019s 10 MPs vote with the government. 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