Deal Backlash Begins

Those who have waited and gone through the detail aren't impressed.

It was quite the sight to see Labour Leader Keir Starmer commit to backing pretty much whatever Rishi Sunak agreed with the EU - before any real detail had emerged whatsoever.

Remarkably some Conservative MPs have been happy to do the same, declaring it all a great success.

The view of those who have actually studied the detail of what has been agreed aren’t exactly thrilled though.

Boris Johnson demolished much of the Deal in his assessment - and has doubts as to whether he can even vote for the ‘Windsor Framework’.

ITV News Politics @ITVNewsPolitics

.@BorisJohnson says he will 'find it very difficult' to vote for @RishiSunak's Brexit deal because he believes 'we should have done something different' itv.com/news/politics He says he will continue to campaign for what he thinks of as Brexit

Meanwhile the Centre for the Union have gone through the agreement and they too are not willing to endorse it, as it stands.

Belfast Telegraph @BelTel

LATEST | The @Centre4TheUnion report, co-authored by @JamieBrysonCPNI, said the group "can not recommend" unionist support for the #WindsorFramework as it stands. Ian Paisley Jr noted that other components must be "bolted onto" the agreement.

belfasttelegraph.co.ukBryson and Paisley’s unionist think tank rejects Windsor FrameworkA new report from a unionist think tank has recommended that unionists do not support the Windsor Framework until certain amendments are made.

As for the verdict of the DUP? It already seems fairly clear - and pretty scathing.