在去年灾难性的提前选举后，为了确保下议院有效多数，英国首相梅的保守党与北爱尔兰民主统一党（Democratic Unionist Party，源自更加极端的统一传统）做了一笔交易。
In order to secure a working majority in the House of Commons after last year’s disastrous snap election, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives made a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, which has its roots in the more extreme unionist traditions.