The devolved government is secure for now, but will be tested
has transfixed Northern Ireland. On March 28th Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was roused from his bed by police, arrested and later charged with sex offences, including rape. The next day, Good Friday, he resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party. The legal process will probably take more than a year. The political impact has been immediate and immense.
The 61-year-old Sir Jeffrey personified this blend of prayer and politics. Marked as a future unionist leader from his early 20s, he is publicly pious, wearing the ancient Christian symbol of a fish in his lapel. The party suspended him at once after his arrest and set about purging his image from its website homepage. It is important to note that Sir Jeffrey is understood to deny the charges and will be strenuously contesting them.
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