The DUP is a busted flush

Are you excited about the prospect of a return to a power-sharing executive at Stormont? No, me neither.

The DUP is a busted flush. It has nothing to offer its own electorate, never mind the rest of us.

From a nationalist perspective, the DUP has done all the heavy lifting towards the goal of a united Ireland over the past two decades or more.

OK, Donaldson, Foster, Robinson et al don’t really stand comparison with the visionaries who brought about Irish freedom. But they have worked assiduously to prove that Northern Ireland really is a failed political entity.

The DUP is a busted flush. It has nothing to offer its own electorate, never mind the rest of us – Tom Collins

The hope of the GFA has not been fulfilled – Mary Kelly

The DUP under leaders like Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Peter Robinson have proved that Northern Ireland really is a failed political entity

It has never really worked for nationalists. But look at pretty much every aspect of public life, and it is pretty clear that it doesn’t work for unionists either.

The current Conservative government has trashed the economy, eroded health and education, filled the rivers with sewage and destroyed the UK’s........

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