DUP urges Theresa May to bin Brexit backstop

The Democratic Unionist party has told Theresa May that it is prepared to bring down the government over her “pitiful and pathetic” Brexit deal.Nigel Dodds, the party’s deputy leader, issued the threat to party members in Belfast on Saturday.“Prime minister – bin the backstop,” Dodds told the party’s annual conference, triggering applause and fresh doubts about the DUP’s continued support for the government under the confidence-and-supply agreement