Panicking May’s dangerous deal
FAR from being strong and stable, Theresa May appears to panic at the first sign of a crisis. Now, instead of considering all her options after her election disaster, she’s rushing into an alliance with the DUP.
She must have known about DUP leader Arlene Foster’s botched heating scheme which cost taxpayers £490million and was blamed for the collapse of the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland. Yet ‘manic May’ still leapt in.
In doing so she has upset the delicate situation within Northern Ireland and also her very successful Tory leader in Scotland.
How can she be seen as a safe pair of hands to negotiate Brexit? Terry Marriott, Waterlooville, Hants
# What a can of worms Theresa May has opened getting into bed with the DUP. The Tories would have caused an uproar if Jeremy Corbyn had even suggested doing a deal with Sein Fein. But the thought of Boris Johnson becoming leader if May steps down is leaping out of the frying pan and into the inferno. He and Trump ruling the world is a very frightening thought. God help us all. Maureen Heth Teesside
# The peace in Northern Ireland negotiated by Tony Blair’s government has held. In my view, any allegiance forged by Theresa May with the DUP seriously jeopardises that peace, as she may well will be seen by Sinn Fein as taking sides.
Mrs May called the election in a bid to gain a larger majority in the Commons, but that hasn’t happened and she must accept it and include all parties in negotiations over Brexit.
For the sake of the country, she should but the United Kingdom first and not align with the DUP and risk lives in Northern Ireland. Paul Clarke, Carlisle, Cumbria
# The British public has the right to know what concessions May will give to the DUP for their support. Has she even considered the strain it will put on the already unstable Irish politics when one party can demand a green light for their policies and others have to fight hard to get theirs heard? Arthur Poole, Macclesfield, Cheshire
# What has Mrs May done getting involved with the DUP? They have so many policies that oppose what most of the public think, and some of them are downright bigots and full of hate. This is not a good start, Mrs May. C Beaumont, Newport, Gwent
# The hypocrisy of this Government beggars belief, with Theresa May forming an arrangement with the DUP to conduct Parliamentary business. Imagine the fuss and uproar from the Conservatives if Corbyn had formed a coalition with Sinn Fein to become Prime Minister? P Cresswell, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh
# Your front page did its best to demonise the Democratic Unionists as if they were almost Nazis.
In the years when Mr Corbyn was associating with allies of the IRA, the DUP stood up for democracy and the rule of law.
They are perfectly legitimate politicians. D Hartley, Solihull, West Mids