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Nigel Dodds accused Theresa May of ignoring the promises she made to the DUP regarding Northern Ireland about the Brexit agreement
Parliament has a "clear choice" to defend the United Kingdom against a draft agreement on Brexit or to vote for it and risk breaking the union, said DUP MP Nigel Dodds .
The Irish border was the main stumbling block in the talks.
The UK and the EU had agreed on a "backstop", which would allow NI to remain aligned with some EU rules if no other solution could be found.
Mr. Dodds told MPs that the Prime Minister had broken promises to his party.
Several cabinet members resigned, saying the agreement posed a threat to the union's integrity.
Mr. Dodds is one of the members who criticize the Prime Minister in the House of Commons when her project is thwarted.
He said that he could pass on to Ms. May the list of promises she had made regarding the future of Northern Ireland, but that it would be a "waste of time," because she clearly does not listen ".
He told MPs: "The choice is now clear: we defend the United Kingdom, the whole of the United Kingdom, the integrity of the United Kingdom or we vote for a vassal state when it is The break-up of the United Kingdom ".
What is the last?
The real outcry of the politicians concerns the agreement reached by the United Kingdom and the European Union on the support of Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland would remain aligned with some rules of the EU single market if no other solution could be found by the end of the transition period in December 2020.
This means that goods entering Northern Ireland will have to be checked to determine if they meet EU standards.
Ms. May stated that there was no agreement on the table that did not involve the signing of a backstop, but that it was not necessary was acting as an insurance policy.
"I know some have said that I should simply tear the UK's commitment to support, but that would have been a totally irresponsible move," she said.
The Labor Party also said it would not approve the plan, party leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying the protection proposal would create a "de facto border in the sea of Ireland".
Mr Corbyn said that he had locked up "Britain in an agreement that she could not leave without the agreement of the EU".
Shailesh Vara said the draft agreement on Brexit "leaves the UK in a halfway house"
And this led to resignations?
Yes, four resignations of junior and ministerial ministers before 10:30 GMT Thursday.
The first was Shailesh Vara, Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, who stated that the agreement was not the right one for the United Kingdom.
He was followed by Dominic Raab, Esther McVey and Suella Braverman.
Brexit Secretary General Raab said the draft agreement "poses a very real threat to the UK's integrity."
He stated that he could not support what appeared to be a "hybrid" system, namely an agreement to maintain cross-border trade without friction, which would come into force if the United Kingdom and the United States European Union could not find another solution within the framework of a broader trade agreement.
DUP Deputy Chief Nigel Dodds tweeted to thank Mr. Raab and others for "defending the union".
The Secretary of Labor and Pensions, Ms. McVey, also stated that the agreement "threatened the integrity of the United Kingdom, to which she could not join as a trade unionist".
In her statement of resignation, Suella Braverman, Minister of Brexit Junior, said the draft agreement proposal "set out different regulatory regimes for the NIs threatening to break our precious union." I am confident that it could have been avoid".
What about the holidays of Northern Ireland?
Ms. May faced a huge reaction from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), while the Conservative Party had suggested taking steps to impose a no-confidence vote.
DUP MP Jim Shannon said his party was "betrayed" by the prime minister.
He told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster program that his party believed that Theresa May had broken her commitments to them and was "ready for elections".
"We are not afraid of elections, we are afraid of no one and we have a principle to follow," he said.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will meet four pro-Stormont parties – Sinn Féin, SDLP, the Alliance and the Greens – on Thursday morning to explain the draft agreement.
Prior to the meeting, Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O'Neill described the situation as "fluid", but the four parties "represent the majority views on Brexit in Northern Ireland" .
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What happens next?
An EU emergency summit is now scheduled to take place on 25 November to adopt the draft text.
After that, Ms. May has to convince the members to vote in her favor. BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said it could take place in early December.
It does not have a majority of Conservative MPs in the House of Commons, and many, as well as unions and other opposition parties, are skeptical about its plans for Brexit or openly hostile. to these.
There have been talk of backbenchers calling on the Prime Minister to step down and there may still be more cabinet resignations.
Laurence Robertson, former chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, said that he had written a letter of censorship to the Prime Minister before the Conservative Party Committee of 1922.
If 48 letters are submitted, Theresa May will face a vote of no confidence in the Conservative party.
What did the Irish government say?
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said people "should not refute" the chances of an agreement on Brexit being adopted by Parliament.
Coveney told Irish national channel RTÉ that the agreement was "the only one on the table".
But he said that Ms. May had to use her courage and persuasiveness to get the agreement approved in the Commons, and that he acknowledged that hard days would come.
