Northern Ireland’s new government puts on a show of unity
But there is little sign of it taking hard decisions
A surreal atmosphere prevails at Stormont, the hill overlooking Belfast which is home to Northern Ireland’s devolved administration. It is not the return of a power-sharing government that has people scratching their heads; it is how that government’s leaders are behaving. Imagine Joe Biden and Donald Trump suddenly working together in harmony, and you have a sense of the strangeness.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Warm words, tough choices”
Britain March 16th 2024
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