In an interview with Sky News today, the DUP’s parliamentary leader Nigel Dodds delivered a blow to the Tories that will have sent tremors through Downing Street.

The Establishment media’s constant line to minimise the realism of the prospect of Labour bringing down the government has been that the DUP would never tolerate the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn in Number Ten – but Dodds had already shown the depth of his disaffection with the Theresa May’s government and the DUP’s recent conference made abundantly clear that the rest of his party is aligned with his view.

And now Dodds has created a shockwave by telling Sky News’ Adam Boulton that he has noted Jeremy Corbyn’s commitment to the Belfast (or ‘Good Friday’) Agreement – and hinting that the DUP’s interests and their view of the best future for Northern Ireland might be better served by seeing Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister than Theresa May:

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