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In Belfast other DUP sources said that “backbiting from Tory backbenchers” against their party had stiffened their resolve to “dig in.”

They said complaints by Tory MPs about having to deal with the DUP had gone down badly.

“They attempted to bounce us into a deal on Saturday night and then we had the backbenchers saying that we were unsavoury etc.

“There is also a feeling within the DUP that if we can get extra spending in Northern Ireland in, say, the local NHS to bring down waiting lists here, then there would be a barrage of complaints from English, Scottish and Welsh Tories over the special treatment our part of the UK was receiving.

“Conservative high command ought to stop their backbenchers whinging about the DUP and show our party some respect,” the DUP sources added.

They think they have the tories over a barrel...they don't the EU have us over that barrel and will NOT allow any concessions for the DUP.

This house of cards is about to fold, wonder what will happen tomorrow...Will there be a queens speech if there is no formal coalition?