The DUP's critics say the party's painted itself into a corner it can't seem to get out of.

It says it's holding firm to its manifesto commitments.

The strategy seems to be playing well with core DUP voters,

but for others it amounts to a case of holding politics here to ransom.

So how big a risk is the current tactic for the lead party within unionism?

And what's Geoffrey Donaldson's strategy for the long term?

Suzanne, how difficult a position is the DUP in at the moment?

I think it's in a very difficult position

and especially when the deal is presented to Geoffrey Donaldson,

he has a hugely massive call to make.

I don't think he is under pressure electorally.

The latest solicit talk poll showed that 66% of unionists

don't think the DUP should budge until the protocol either goes

or is significantly changed. But I think the pressureUP should budge until the protocol either goes or is significantly changed.

But I think the pressure on Geoffrey Donaldson is that he does want to make Northern Ireland work,

that he is committed to power sharing and to devolution.

And he knows that if he doesn't sign up to this deal,

that the prospect of the institutions coming back in Northern Ireland really

does fade significantly. Ben, can you see the logic in what the DUP is doing in the face of,

let's face it, such stiff opposition from just about every other party in the mix?

I can definitely see the logic of what the DUP is doing, but I do think that the DUP is in a

very difficult position. I think it's in a very difficult position because it's holding

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