Theresa May Reaches Deal for Backing of Northern Ireland Party
Labour’s deputy leader, John McDonnell, said: "Let’s call this grubby deal what it is: This is a straightforward political bribe to desperately prop up Theresa May in office." Mrs. May also gave more details on Monday of Britain’s
offer to secure the rights of more than three million citizens of other European Union countries after Britain’s withdrawal, as she seeks to gain reciprocal rights for some one million British citizens living in the bloc.
But the two parties agree on most things, including Britain’s exit from the European Union,
and the Democratic Unionists are particularly eager to keep Jeremy Corbyn of the Labour Party from being prime minister, given his past sympathies for the Irish Catholic Sinn Fein party and the Irish Republican Army.
By STEVEN ERLANGERJUNE 26, 2017
LONDON — Britain’s Conservatives signed a deal on Monday with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party
that will allow Prime Minister Theresa May to govern after losing her majority in a general election this month.
There are also many complicated issues, like the rights of spouses of European Union citizens living in Britain who arrive after the cutoff date,
and who will be eligible for health care coverage after Britain’s withdrawal is formalized.
Without the support of the D.U.P., Mrs. May risked losing
that vote of confidence, which would have opened the way for the opposition Labour Party to try to form a minority government of its own.
