Rishi sunak. northern ireland s biggest party, the dup, has a new leader. again. sirjeffrey donaldson was the only candidate to replace edwin poots, who was ousted last week afterjust three weeks in thejob. sirjeffrey s expected to leave westminster to become first minister. back at westminster, the northern ireland secretary had his hands full with the special brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland known as the northern ireland protocol. edwin poots had said the government had promised that there will be a significant win on the protocol and he d received assurances from brandon lewis and that it could emerge in earlyjuly. this is what the northern ireland secretary told the commons. as i said at this despatch box last wednesday we will do what we need to do to make sure we deliver for the people of northern ireland and we take nothing of the table in that regard. but obviously we wait to hear from the eu and want to work