in northern ireland do not solve problems. they deepen the crisis. the political system in northern ireland is different to almost everywhere else. it s based on the good friday peace agreement signed in 1998 after a long conflict. a majority of unionists and nationalists must agree to share powerfor a devolved government to be formed. the democratic unionist party says it won tjoin a coalition until the brexit trade border with the rest of the uk is scrapped. in the election in may, sinn fein became the first nationalist party ever to win the most seats. but the dup remains the largest unionist group, so it still has a veto. power sharing here has always been fragile. devolution has only been fully operating for little more than two out of the last six years. one of the biggest consequences has been a delay
to put in place a speaker. therefore, we can. proceed no further. the political system in northern ireland is different to almost everywhere else. it s based on the good friday peace agreement, signed in 1998 after a long conflict. a majority of unionists and irish nationalists must agree to share power for a devolved government to reform. government to be formed. the dup says it will notjoin a coalition until the brexit trade border in the irish sea is scrapped. in belfast city centre, people don t seem to like the idea of going to the polls in december. waste of time. waste of time? yes. because, if the dup don t partake, why have an election? the cost of living is a disgrace. so, definitely things need to be changed. would you be enthusiastic about voting again? no, not one bit. in the past, deadlines here have been known
of holding most voters to ransom. jeffrey donaldson and the dup are in a perpetual stand off with the public, the majority of whom they do not speakfor, or indeed represent. they stood for election, yet failed to show up. this is his mess, and a failure of leadership by him and his party. as expected, the dup blocked a process to put in place a speaker. therefore, we can. proceed no further. the political system in northern ireland is different to almost everywhere else. it s based on the good friday peace agreement, signed in 1998 after a long conflict. a majority of unionists and irish nationalists must agree to share power for a devolved government to be formed. the dup says it will notjoin a coalition until the brexit trade border in the irish sea is scrapped. in belfast city centre, people don t seem to like the idea of going to the polls in december.
long conflict. a majority of unionists and irish nationalists must agree to share power for a devolved government to be formed. the dup says it won tjoin the coalition until the brexit trade border with the rest of the uk is scrapped. in the election five months ago, sinn fein became the first nationalist party ever to win the most seats. but the dup remains the most seats. but the dup remains the biggest unionist group. so it still has a veto. how is sharing here has always been fragile. devolution has only been properly operating for a little more than two out of the last six years. northern ireland is now heading into its fourth assembly election over that period. the impact of political paralysis has been felt widely. business leaders say potential investors are being put off. we investors are being put off. - understand there are difficult political issues there, but for businesses, we need decision making. we have had six years with really no
of this circus yet again. we know that elections in northern ireland do not solve problems. they deepen the crisis. the political system in northern ireland is different to almost everywhere else. it s based on the good friday peace agreement signed in 1998 after a long conflict. a majority of unionists and nationalists must agree to share powerfor a devolved government to be formed. the democratic unionist party says it won tjoin a coalition until the brexit trade border with the rest of the uk is scrapped. in the election in may, sinn fein became the first nationalist party ever to win the most seats. but the dup remains the largest unionist group, so it still has a veto. power sharing here has always been fragile.