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If the new Executive does what it says, it’s going to be a real break with the past in one area — populism.
The Parliament Buildings sit on the top of a hill that dominates Belfast. James Craig, the leader of the ideology which dominated the new state, insisted after Partition that the building should be at the top of the hill rather than further down, which would have been cheaper.
So long, winding and wearisome has the road from Brexit been that it is easy to lose sight of where we’ve come from and where we’re going.
So long, winding and wearisome has the road from Brexit been that it is easy to lose sight of where we’ve come from and where we’re going.
It’s an historic day at Stormont as the Assembly meets to install a speaker and a new Executive.