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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Would this DUP/Tories thing even work?
I've been hearing that they're opposed to the Tories on quite alot.
They have unfashionable views on Gay marriage and abortion,They want rid of the bedroom tax,They're against removing the triple lock on pensions,They're against means testing winter fuel payments,They're against a 'hard Brexit' and don't want austerity.

Seems like a total disaster.
The DUP seem actually nothing like the Tories.
So the Tories would basically have to give up on their manifesto?

That's just not how things work. The controversial elements of the tory manifesto were bound to get ditched in a minority situation. What they will concentrate on is the areas that they do agree on and focus on putting them through, and there is plenty content there. This is after all the first session in a 5 year term that the manifesto covered.

There will be more than enough common ground that they can agree upon for a couple of years, and at the moment, that's all that matters.