Twelve months after the DUP withdrew from power-sharing, has its anti-protocol plan worked?
Cast an eye towards Stormont and nothing looks out of place - the gates are open and the lights are on.It has been 365 days since the Democratic Unionist Party formally exited the executive over its opposition to the Northern Ireland Protocol.he said he hoped that a resolution allowing his party to re-enter government would be found soon.
Power in Number 10, though, has switched hands several times since the executive collapsed last February. This week there have been rumours and reports that, if necessary, the new prime minister is prepared to do a deal with Brussels that the DUP may not support. "He knows that Jim Allister and the TUV [Traditional Unionist Voice] are not a spent force and are still very much breathing down his neck."
"One year on the DUP should be reflecting on what they've actually achieved with their walkout because all they have achieved is punishing workers, families and those impacted by the health service more than anybody else."As one of the newly elected assembly members last May, Kate Nicholl from the Alliance Party has yet to spend a day doing her full job.
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