Ordinary Gweilo

After my rather pessimistic piece about the prospects for peace in Northern Ireland after the electorate expressed a preference for Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionists, a rather more positive view from The Guardian. It seems that although Ian Paisley’s DUP make a very public show of refusing to even acknowledge Sinn Fein, behind the scenes they do actually work together quite effectively.

I wasn’t sure whether to be amused or horrified by the childish antics of the DUP, which apparently include sitting in a special place in the canteen where they cannot see the Sinn Fein members.