Paisley’s own tactics may unravel his party

Even veteran Paisley watchers in the North agree that the denouement approaches. As his son Ian Junior limps away, following problems with his millionaire developer friends, and the prospects of a Paisley dynasty disappear, the DUP vultures are beginning to circle. Despite all the public bravado when the press assembles, Paisley is clearly showing his age under his ‘broad-black brimmer of the DUP’.

In Stormont last week, as he sat motionless beside his ...