At a gathering in Belfast Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and more urged the unionists to get back into Stormont It comes days after Biden triggered DUP anger after praising Sunak’s Brexit deal singharj looks at why they aren't listening - yet ⤵️
to end its Brexit-induced boycott of power-sharing in Northern Ireland reached a climax this week.
At a gathering in Belfast to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement for peace, the likes ofIt came days after US President, Joe Biden, triggered DUP anger and claims he was “anti-British” after praising, which has not been enough to persuade the party back into power-sharing. On Wednesday, closing the Belfast conference, the Prime Minister rounded off the cajoling in his strongest plea yet, telling the DUP that dropping the boycott was “the right thing to do” and suggesting that the unionist cause would suffer the longerMr Sunak’s entreaty appeared to further indicate the UK Government has lost patience with the DUP, after Northern Ireland Secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris, told the party that “real leadership” was about having the courage to say “yes”.will be restored.
“We’ve said there won’t be direct rule but there is going to have to be an element of it if we want to save public services in Northern Ireland.” It may be a risky strategy.
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