but around the uk and indeed the eu. well, fundamentally, if power sharing isn t working in northern ireland, devolution isn t really working, so that prom is a wider conversation around the devolution settlement, something that westminster will have to pay attention to. in terms of the relationship with the european union, it is intrinsically linked to that in so far as if the sinn fein is returned as the largest party, they can nominate a first minister, and depending on different perspectives, that question around the northern ireland constitutional future comes into play. partly, that ties into westminster, but from the european union perspective, there are questions about northern ireland s interests in regards to the protocol, potential mitigations, and what will the eu have to do in terms of its negotiations with the uk to take account of those potential changes, so the ripple effects extend far beyond what we are going to see in northern ireland. ., ., are going to see in north
reaction to borisjohnson announcing that people in england who test positive for covid 19 will no longer be legally required to isolate from thursday. the westminster leader of the snp, ian blackford, said all four uk nations should be more joined up when making these kinds of decisions. this shows that the failure of the devolution settlement as it is, because it s a four nation approach to testing that s been done uk wide. the prime ministerjust admitted in the chamber that he announced at prime minister s questions ten days ago that this was going to come. where s the respect and the negotiation with the government in edinburgh and cardiff and in belfast? i mean, this is shocking. this is a political decision that s been taken today. it s not based on scientific advice. we ve come a long way. and, of course, all of us has recognised that we have to live with covid, but an important part of that strategy is to have testing in place. we know that we re likely going to be facing new va
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