With a rigid focus on ideology over practical politics, is nationalism lagging in the economic race?
That was the headline over Jim Gibney’s column in the Irish News yesterday. It usefully strips away all the talk of crisis and gets to the bare bones of the struggle for power and influence in Stormont. He concludes with the line that “the DUP should be mindful […] that power sharing involves sharing power, not the delusion of unionism monopolising power.” It’s certainly not been a great record for the battle a day administration. Leave aside the lost deal …