"Most NI people would be likely to prefer continued caretaking until Stormont gets over its spat."
You people have no idea wghat the Northern Ireland people want - you never have had
Thanks to English misgovernance nobody even knows what the elected representatives want othat than in the main they want sfa to do with Brexit

"The Assembly has only been down 18 months and will be back any time."
A year and a half without a Government is that all !!!!
Bloody insane to allow it and even more insane to pass it off as unimportant
"you seem to also wish to disregard the extent of self-governance that the North has already achieved."
I do Nigel - but while that isn't happening I want Irish women to have the same rights as Englishwomen and not have to go to a Human Rights court to get them
What kind of a bucket-shop is your government running and why are you defending it ?
Jim Carroll