iron out these difficulties. no one is saying it s perfect but everyone is saying it s perfect but everyone is committed to sorting out. let s get power sharing up and running. as long as westminster keep putting outcomes to the dup, the dup keep hiding behind that rather than stating very clearly, will be dominate dfm that will work alongside michelle o neill because they have not said they were well up until now. the they have not said they were well up until now. , ,., , they have not said they were well up until now. , ., until now. the dup say that the protocol undermines until now. the dup say that the protocol undermines the - until now. the dup say that the i protocol undermines the position until now. the dup say that the - protocol undermines the position of northern ireland within the uk. they argue the good friday agreement is meant to protect the views of the main traditions here. what do you say to that point? they are saying the good friday agreement is supposed to p
preference votes. you saw the dup coming behind them but also really third in terms of the population voting for parties that want to see the implementation of the good friday agreement, want to see power sharing up and running, really have put aside the issue of the protocol, are happy enoughjust have put aside the issue of the protocol, are happy enough just to try and work that out while the power sharing government are up. big challenges for the dup now and people seem rather than focusing on the positives of what we have actually elected, focusing on the dup s actually elected, focusing on the dup s continuing inability to meet the challenges of power sharing of changing demographic and constitutional status and all of that. westminster has a decision to make, are they going to allow the dup to do what they are doing with creating fracture within government or they going to stand up for the good friday agreement as a co guarantor? are they going to stand up for their own brexit ag
and i m joined now by columnist and author andree murphy. good to have you with us. we spoke yesterday didn t we? in the wake of the news that sinn fein indeed had emerged as the largest party in northern ireland which was a historic day in politics here, a big moment in politics here and now that you have had a chance to reflect on that and on the task that lies ahead to try to restore power sharing, what are your thoughts today? you re absolutely right, you saw the union s tectonic plates shifting with sinn fein coming in with such a sizeable majority, majority, in terms of first preference votes here. you saw the dup coming behind them, but also really third in terms of the population voting for parties that want to see the implementation of the good friday agreement, want to see power sharing up and running, really have put aside the issue of the protocol, are happy enough just to try and work that out while the power sharing
governments are up. big challenges for the dup now and people seem, rather than focusing on the positives of what we have actually elected, focusing on the dup s continuing inability to meet the challenges of power sharing of changing demographic and constitutional status and all of that. westminster has a decision to make, are they going to allow the dup to do what they are doing with creating fracture within government or they going to stand up for the good friday agreement as a co guarantor? are they going to stand up for their own brexit agreement and say they are going to iron out these difficulties. no one is saying it s perfect but everyone is committed to sorting out. let s get power sharing up and running. as long as westminster keep putting outcomes to the dup, the dup keep hiding behind that
ireland. ., ,, i. are going to see in northern ireland. ., ~ ,, , are going to see in northern ireland. ., ,, , . ireland. thank you both very much for our ireland. thank you both very much for your thoughts ireland. thank you both very much for your thoughts today. ireland. thank you both very much for your thoughts today. just - ireland. thank you both very much for your thoughts today. just to i for your thoughts today. just to give you a sense of what might happen at the end of the elections, the newly elected members of the legislative assembly, they have eight days to meet to begin that process of nominating a first and deputy first minister, but to cut through all the procedural issues and to view the shorthand on this, in essence they have up to six months potentially to keep talking about this. it has been called a storm in safety net, if you re like, but we heard from sinead that the people she works with, they want politicians back in the power sharing assembly straight