now, tax experts tell us there are grounds to investigate companies connected with mr barrowman for fraud. | doug loves fine art, fast cars, i and the better things in life. there s no consequences for him. he s just going to keep doing it again and again. so will doug barrowman now face more scrutiny by hmrc? also tonight. nurses, teachers, civil servants, train drivers, midwives, all in their tens of thousands, strike in northern ireland where, without government at stormont, pay is falling behind the rest of the uk. we ll ask the dup s gregory campbell mp why, with the midnight deal for a powersharing agreement looming tonight, his party is still dead against? and to sinn fein sjohn o dowd is the good friday agreement now under threat? beijing calls taiwan s new president, william lai, a trouble maker and a dangerous separatist . his new de facto ambassador to the uk gives newsnight his first interview. we are working to make sure that china believes the cost is going
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Deputy first minister are in effect joint rules and although the switch around with sinn fein being the bigger party as opposed to the dup, 8] bigger party as opposed to the dup, aj of coming together and agreeing to do anything will be impossible unless the dup relent on the northern ireland protocol get the sort of changes they want so even although this is being talked of as although this is being talked of as a landmark moment and perhaps the constitution of northern ireland with sinn fein favouring a united ireland and talk of a potential border pull referendum on that coming down the line, even getting the day to day nitty gritty business of politics done here will be impossible until power sharing resumes so we re looking at a period of political paralysis which could go on as long as six months and then if there is still no agreement and no executive by then it will be potentially put to the westminster government may be order a new election. i don t think there is any ambition
Joint roles and although they switch around now with sinn fein being the bigger party as opposed to the dup, of coming together and agreeing to do anything will be impossible unless the dup relent on the northern ireland protocol get the sort of changes they want so even although this is being talked of as a landmark moment and perhaps the constitution of northern ireland with sinn fein favouring a united ireland and talk of a potential border poll referendum on that coming down the line, even getting the day to day nitty gritty business of politics done here will be impossible until power sharing resumes so we re looking at a period of political paralysis which could go on as long as six months and then if there is still no agreement and government maybe to order a new election. i don t think there is any ambition for that so maybe that will help the parties come together and may put pressure on the uk government to try to deliver those changes on the northern line the so things can c