Brexit: Government rejects request to pull Stormont brake
First Minister Michelle O’Neill, of Sinn Féin, said other parties had not been informed of the DUP’s actions and warned it could potentially cause instability for businesses in Northern Ireland.
The leader of the official opposition at Stormont, Matthew O’Toole, described the use of the brake as “a stunt”.
“We warned that the so-called Stormont brake would be used for crude partisan purposes and so it has proven,” the Social Democratic and Labour Party assembly member said.
Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister said the decision was “not just a calculated slap in the face of all democrats but creates a moment of truth for the DUP”.
“The secretary of state has thrown down the gauntlet to the DUP,” he said.
“They need to pick it up and demonstrate, while they still can, that unionism will not be humiliated in this way.
“It’s time to call time on the executive and the DUP’s implementation of EU rule.”
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