Power-sharing collapsed in Northern Ireland last year after the DUP raised objections to the post-Brexit settlement for the nation. This happened shortly after an election in which Sinn Fein overtook the DUP to become the largest party in the assembly.
Edwin Poots, who briefly led the DUP in Stormont last year, was speaking to the BBC on Sunday morning.
He said:"I think that we need to see something seismic coming from Downing Street and it's going to take something significant to make that happen."I very much want it to happen. However, what has been on the table heretofore is nowhere near adequate to bring the DUP back into the room." Other parties at Stormont, including Sinn Fein, have been calling on the DUP to return to the assembly.
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