The DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, remains hopeful that the British government will strike a deal with the European Union to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol.   He kept open the possibility of an agreement, rather than a bust-up, during a virtual session of the Patrick MacGill School yesterday.   The other contributors to the hour-long discussion were Claire Hanna MP, the SDLP’s representative for South Belfast and Julian Smith MP, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Mr Donaldson said “I believe there has to be an outcome.  We can’t accept no as an answer, we cannot accept…

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