How does it feel to come to work every day under the salute of Carson, to be a member of the British government? ‘No, I'm not actually – uctually – I don't swear an oath of allegiance to anyone other than the people who elected me.
The DUP’s ‘Trigger Article 16’ parliamentary debate proved to be the dampest of squibs last week, overshadowed by Boris Johnson’s announcements on the easing of lockdown restrictions in the weeks and months to come.
Rumblings from the DUP about reopening schools faster than planned have fallen short of a full-scale executive row, proving this has been more about political positioning and internal party management than getting children back at their desks.
This is from the discussion paper, Towards a New Act of Union: ''A fundamental principle of a strengthened and revived United Kingdom is that each of the four component parts should have a mutually beneficial relationship both with the central mechanisms of the state and with each of the other four parts.