The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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In judging the performance of devolution over the last decade one has to recall that the first phase was more akin to an event than a process. Suspended on four occasions, the last in October 2002, only intermittently were there four wheels on the devolved wagon.
In that fraught situation, the DUP enjoyed the best of all possible worlds. Taking the two ministerial seats to which it was entitled, it boycotted all meetings of both the Executive and the North-South Ministerial Council…
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