Groundhog Day

By Brian Feeney (for Irish News)

Sixteen days to go to Christmas. Martin McGuinness has promised “serious consequences” and “a full-blown crisis” if a date for devolving policing and justice powers to the north is not agreed before Christmas and it won’t be. Peter Robinson made it dear on The Politics Show on Sunday that he has no intention of honouring the St Andrews Agreement in letter or spirit in the foreseeable future.

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