Donaldson: Unionists are coalescing around position of DUP

DUP party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson addresses delegates at their party conference at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast (PA)

The leader of the DUP has insisted he does not fear an election and said that unionists are coalescing around the position of his party.

Jeffrey Donaldson, who has warned the British prime minister that the DUP will not return to powersharing in Northern Ireland unless “decisive action” is taken to remove Brexit’s Irish Sea border, said he and his party are “absolutely ready to fight” an election if necessary.