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Spectator (UK)NOV 2023
Northern Ireland: DUP Agrees Deal to Restore Power-Sharing
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The Spin
Narrative A
Polling data shows that, regardless of ideology, restoring the integrity of Stormont and addressing the influx of public sector crises continues to be the central priority of Northern Ireland. The people of NI are strongly opposed to the political games that have left them leaderless for nearly two years and, despite dissatisfaction over the Windsor Framework, opinion is clear that no point of policy contention should supersede NI's democratic mandate and the protection of the region's right to self-determination.
Narrative B
With the details of the DUP's agreement yet to be unveiled, there's little hope that two years of protest have resulted in the legislative amendments that Unionists continue to demand. The DUP has likely failed to enact the changes necessary for NI's future but has conceded defeat. NI is once again destined to enter a fragile power-sharing executive which history shows us is inevitably and inherently unsustainable.