Anyone thinking they had spotted a possible thawing of positions in the polit-bureau over academic selection may have to think again. On Stormont Live, after the initial opening gambits [also below the fold], the DUP’s Mervyn Storey and Sinn Féin’s John O’Dowd resumed their customary positions on opposite sides of the barricade [and the Minister? – Ed] Playtime’s over.
Those opening gambits.
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