Taking control of our finances is the natural next step for Northern Ireland…
Devolution is a process, not an event. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t actually Donald Dewar, the first First Minister of Scotland, who said that. It was the lesser-known former Welsh Secretary, Ron Davies. It was just another soundbite, but it does contain an important political point about the purpose and character of devolution. At the time, there were two dominant and opposing trains of thought. One was that devolution would satisfy the appetite of the majority of the voting …
