Doug Beattie says DUP’s ‘divisive politics’ are putting Northern Ireland’s democracy at risk
Northern Ireland’s Stormont assembly faces collapse “forever” because of Democratic Unionist tactics, a rival party leader has warned.
Only a year after-power sharing was restored following a three-year hiatus, Doug Beattie, the leader of the Ulster Unionist party, said the DUP’s decision to resign from the first minister role 10 days ago, combined with its veiled threats not to return to power-sharing unless the UK government meets its Brexit protocol demands, is putting democratic institutions at risk permanently.
