DUP FLAT-EARTHERS ARE MILKING BREXIT CHAOS

There was a shift in the DUP yesterday. They wanted more detailed legal clarification about the backstop before backing May's deal, which would swing most of the Tory doubters behind May's deal.

So why now?

Just in: Senior British ministers including chancellor Philip Hammond are holding talks with Northern Ireland unionists amid expectations that the UK government will offer extra spending for the region to swing Ulster MPs behind its Brexit deal. https://t.co/TU68afkyer

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