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The decision of the Prime Minister Theresa May to stand down if the Parliament approves the Withdrawal Agreement has led a number of passionate proponents of Brexit including Boris Johnson to change their view of the deal. Still, the Democratic Unionist Party said on Wednesday that the Brexit deal and in particular the backstop posed ‘an unacceptable threat to the integrity of the United Kingdom.’ This is significant not only because the DUP is in a confidence-and-supply arrangement with the Government but also because a number of ardent Brexiteers such as Jacob Rees-Mogg have said that their stance towards the deal depends on DUP’s position. In light of another meaningful vote, one has to wonder whether the DUP’s fears concerning the threat of the backstop to the constitutional integrity of the UK are justified. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Skoutaris, Nikos funded by the government brexit Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Backstop 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/our-precious-union-the-backstop-and-the-constitutional-integrity-of-the-uk/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20190517-144336-0 190329 10.17176/20190517-144336-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)