Sunak has shown what can happen when you take a political risk – the DUP should follow his example

Editorial: The majority of the people of Northern Ireland want their politicians to get back to work and won’t thank the DUP for extending their leave of absence

It is very much his achievement, and he has indeed succeeded where Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss failed (PA)

The deal is done. In the words of the arch-Eurosceptic Steve Baker, never an easy man to please, “The prime minister has played a blinder.” The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, refers to Mr Sunak as “dear Rishi”, with a tenderness seldom glimpsed when she had to grin and bear her meetings with Boris Johnson.

She hailed “a new chapter in our partnership”, and she is exactly right. Mr Sunak has plucked a deal out of the nettles of the old Northern Ireland protocol, and named it the Windsor Framework. It is a turning point; the moment when the UK and the EU can begin to heal some wounds.

It goes without saying that none of this anguish would have had to be endured had Brexit not happened. Given that, the announcement of the Windsor Framework is unalloyed good news.