Prime minister refuses to endorse Michelle O’Neill’s claim that referendum on Irish reunification could be held within a decade
When the Democratic Unionist party held the first minister post it smirked at Sinn Féin references to Michelle O’Neill, then the deputy first minister, being “joint first minister”.
The posts are indeed joint, with equal authority, but the DUP brandished “first minister” as a talisman and reminder that it was the bigger party. Secure in supremacy, it rejected an offer to rename the posts joint first minister.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Prime minister refuses to endorse Michelle O’Neill’s claim that referendum on Irish reunification could be held within a decadeWhen the Democratic Unionist party held the first minister post it smirked at Sinn Féin references to Michelle O’Neill, then the deputy first minister, being “joint first minister”.The posts are indeed joint, with equal authority, but the DUP brandished “first minister” as a talisman and reminder that it was the bigger party. Secure in supremacy, it rejected an offer to rename the posts joint first minister. Continue reading…
