In a BBC interview earlier today, the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds said that he now sees increased odds of a Brexit outcome that keeps the UK more closely aligned to the European Union (EU).

The DUP is unlikely to support the UK PM May in Friday’s third attempt to pass her divorce deal in the parliament.

Key Quotes:

“From our point of view, the concern and priority for us and Northern Ireland isn’t necessarily the form of Brexit.”

“It’s making sure that whatever form of Brexit we have, that those trade barriers between ourselves and our main market in the rest of the United Kingdom, the constitutional issues, that those are protected and we will be seeking a stronger role in the second stage (of talks) to avoid some of the problems we have faced in the first stage.”