DUP chokes on its own history

Elections are supposed to provide answers. When the people speak, the politicians are supposed to respond accordingly. Not so in the North.

Elections are supposed to provide answers.

When the people speak, the politicians are supposed to respond accordingly. Not so in the North.

In keeping with the historically dysfunctional democratic nature of this part of Ireland, last week’s election left all the big questions still unanswered.

Rather than creating a political agenda for future devolved local government, it has merely created a bargaining agenda for what else the DUP can wrestle from the British ...