In Government without a Government | Are we really going to ignore the elephant in the room?
In Government without a Government: are we really going to ignore the elephant in the room? As Theresa May cinches the waist and adds the finishing touches to her new coalition government with the DUP, Northern Ireland stick their heads out of their metaphorical window, squint into the distance and mutter, “There the politicians are! Haven’t seen them in a few months.” That is the reality of the most peculiar situation we find ourselves in; the largest party in Northern Ireland, backed by thousands of voters, completely unprepared to establish some sense of normality and form a local assembly. The DUP suffered significant seat losses in the last Assembly election a mere 3 months ago, and their quibble with Sinn Fein has left Stormont in a state of perpetual collapse (one assumes that during this time the Secretary of State is wandering through the rubble, muttering to himself about Brexit and a shared future.) Meanwhile, in the same breath and not even a stone thro