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Boris Johnson is yet to comment on Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen as the former prime minister considers whether to rebel.

Peter Robinson has advised the DUP not be pressurised into making a quick decision on the new Protocol deal but rather to take as much time as necessary to reach “a wise, prudent and defendable outcome”.

Where Boris Johnson is waiting in the wings to swoop and take advantage of any mistake the current incumbent of Number 10 may make, Peter Robinson has always been much kinder to his successors.

The DUP’s Gregory Campbell has called on what he has dubbed the “rigorous implementer” parties to “accept they were wrong in refusing to recognise the flaws of the Northern Ireland Protocol”.

The Prime Minister has denied that there will be any customs border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland under his deal with the EU — even though the EU has made clear customs declarations will still be necessary.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party will "consider very carefully" the terms of the new protocol deal.

The DUP is carefully studying the legal text of the new Brexit deal between London and Brussels — but Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said it won’t be “rushed or pushed” into a hasty decision.

The UK Government has been told it must start treating threats from loyalist paramilitary groups in the same way as those from dissident republicans.

On Monday, the UK government and EU agreed in principle, a new deal to tackle issues caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Rishi Sunak has “pulled a blinder” in striking a new protocol deal with the EU, arch-Brexiteer Steve Baker said.