Rishi Sunak can’t compromise his protocol deal. He must face down the DUP | Simon Jenkins

The prime minister has to stand firm against Northern Ireland’s backwoodsmen and their cheerleaders in his own party

Rishi Sunak knows what he must do in Northern Ireland. He cannot cringe any longer before that region’s backwoodsmen and their cheerleaders in his own party. Unlike his predecessors, he has nothing to lose, with probably just two years in office. He clearly has a deal on a revised Irish trade protocol with the EU on the table, and he has the parliamentary votes to push it through. ...