Nigel Dodds, the Democratic Unionist Party leader at Westminster, is reflecting drolly on his party’s recent popularity: ‘I certainly think that the last year or two has been remarkable in the number of new friends we have encountered, people who are very keen to have a cup of tea or chat to you or whatever.

The other kingmaker
The Orangeman with the First in law from Cambridge has found himself suddenly popular with Commons colleagues

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