Blow for Boris Johnson as DUP says it cannot back his Brexit deal

Micheal O Murchu: At least now the Brits know what the DUP are all about. Give them a referendum on whether they want to keep Northern Ireland in their precious Union. I think even I could predict that outcome.

Mark Barnes: Venus is closer than a border poll. Desperation from republicanism reaching new depths.

Stephen Robinson: No fear. No surrender.

Marjorie Finlay: The DUP don’t speak for all of Northern Ireland.

Gary Boyle: 17.4 million “Brits” (as you call them) are glad the DUP is fighting their corner.

Joesus O Murchu: Would you be afraid of a border poll, especially one that includes Britain making the decision? Because the unionists over there are a small minority.

Mark Barnes: You are the second person on here praying for the “Brits” to help republicanism with a border poll. How embarrassing it looks. There won’t be a border poll in our lifetime. It’s a fantasy, a republican pipe dream.

Steven Bateman I’m sure more money will help Arlene with her conscience.

Stuart Bailie: “More money”? When was she given money before?

Steven Bateman: She got a billion for keeping the MayBot in power.

Karen Gibson: When are the DUP going to realise they do not represent the majority of folk in Northern Ireland. I just don’t get how Mrs Foster can get away with interfering in Westminster politics when she is not elected to the Government. She is an MLA, who, along with all the others, have been absent from their workplace for over 1,000 days. If the DUP wish to carry on working with the Brexit folk, let Nigel Dodds, or some of the other elected MPs, do the negotiations.

William Miller: What this shows is how interrelated the countries are of the archipelago the classical geographers referred to as Britannia. And what it overshadows is the other ‘precious’ union — the EU — in which Macron of France and Leo Varadkar of the Republic have opposing views on the EU’s tax havens.