Fergus Finlay: DUP yet to realise Tories never had its best interests at heart

'Circling around each other like the two lads in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, doing as much self-harm, creating as much collateral damage' — FERGUS FINLAY on the DUP and the Conservatives

Boris Johnson meets with then DUP leader Arlene Foster at Stormont in 2019. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

What an odd pair they are. It’s not even clear how they became a pair in the first place, but there they are, supposed to be allies and partners, and instead circling around each other like the two lads in 'The Banshees of Inisherin'. Doing as much self-harm as in the movie, creating as much collateral damage.

If they trusted each other once, those days are long gone. Now, every time either of them has anything to say, they spend their whole time muttering about imminent betrayal.