“If you’re going to apportion blame..”

The Northern Ireland Executive may, or may not, meet [added link] on the 18th to approve the deferral of water charges, again, but on today’s Politics Show Sinn Féin’s John O’Dowd and the DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson gave differing views on whether progress has been made on “partnership government” the key issue of the devolution of policing and justice powers.. and the implications for certain parties. It’s worth noting that John O’Dowd is careful to put forward his personal view rather than his party’s position.


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