- a "report to the Executive detailing the level of progress made on each outstanding matter" and making "recommendations on whether and how progress could be made on any and all outstanding matters" – by 28 February, and,
- a "report to the Executive detailing the level of progress made on each outstanding matter [from St Andrews]" – also by 28 February,
This is Mickey-Mouse stuff, and frankly insulting to the public.
If the FM and the DFM cannot do what the Hillborough Agreement requires of them, and their parties, then they should have the guts to say so. Announcing the filming of a TV show is, at best, the job of a junior spokesperson.
A game of thrones seems to be what the FM and DFM are playing – but they need to get off their thrones and roll up their sleeves. Northern Ireland is still in a mess, and when its dual monarchy thinks that playing games is more important than seeking innovative solutions, and making Northern Ireland a better place, then what hope is there?
If they cannot do what they were elected to do, what they’re paid to do, and what they agreed to do, then they should be big enough to step aside and let the two governments resume direct rule with a dark green tinge.
5 comments:
Kieron Says.
Horseman, steady, for fecks sake.
There's plenty of Unionists would prefer direct rule.
"There's plenty of Unionists would prefer direct rule."
From Dublin, rubber stamped by the Home Office...? :)
I don't think Ulster's Nationalists would see it that way my friend. Things look different on the ground than they do thousands of miles away (or even across the Irish border). The assembly with power sharing was one of the items the SF State Agents used to sell The Belfast Agreement to The Nationalist community. The last thing the SF Crown Ministers want is for the assembly to disappear. If that happened The Nationalist community would ask, what's changed since the seventies and eighties, except for PIRA standing down and destroying all it's weapons?
Unionist politicians love Stormount more than their electorate do - for obvious reasons.
Anonymous said...
I don't think Ulster's Nationalists would see it that way my friend.
I think if you listened to Ulster's Nationalists instead of telling people what you think they think, your posts wouldn't be as wide of the mark so often.
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