A last move, exasperation at Paisley’s sackcloth and ashes remark or a piece of canny brinkmanship? It won’t be the end of the process, nothing has so far shaken it’s general trajectory towards a deal, but it may signal the beginning of the end of this particular flurry.With each one of these unconsummated ‘deals’, the details holding the two parties apart become ever smaller and less substantial. Long term watchers of Northern Ireland will take heart from that, even if, in the words of one particularly cynical outsider, it only looks like the latest incident of ‘throwing the toys out of the pram.’
And still that fat lady refuses to sing. It ain’t over till it’s over!
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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