The stakes of Stormont
Well, golly. Northern Ireland's politicians can't agree. Forget Groundhog Day – we've already had our deja vu. And when they can't agree, in fly the British and Irish prime ministers to try to sort things out. And after hours and hours of talks – no deal.
The stakes for this couldn't be higher. Even after all-night talks, Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen had to fess up to no deal. The body language of the two leaders and their facial expressions kind of said: what on earth are we going to do with these people?
I guess the last thing Brown wanted this week was a trip to Belfast.… Seguir leyendo »