DUP crux exposes fault lines in power sharing

At best, matters in the North can be surreal, but last weekend, two events symbolised a new and deepening political crisis.

One was the fact that, on the Saturday, thousands of Catholic children sat entrance exams not recognised by the education authorities, to enter schools in a system which government seems determined to end. Here was the encapsulation of the educational chaos resulting from Sinn Fein’s determination to end the old 11plus selection ...