Alliance leader Naomi Long says there is no will to restore the Assembly
will never and can never satisfy the expectations either of those who voted for a unicorn or those who were happy with the racehorse,” she said.
To massive applause she referred to “an appalling dereliction of duty by the Secretary of State, who has made no concerted effort to end this interminable drift despite it allegedly being her top priority”. “Her claim to the House of Commons that she has approached resolving the impasse with ‘laser-like focus” is evidence only that we can now add lasers to the list of things the Secretary of State knew nothing about when appointed to her current role, alongside unionism, nationalism, entrenched voting patterns and sectarianism.”
Same-sex marriage; key infrastructure projects; delivering health recommendations; licensing law reform; protecting people from welfare reform; delivering a pension to those severely injured during the Troubles; and implementing the Hart Inquiry recommendations for victims of institutional abuse, were among those areas she referenced being stalled by a lack of devolved government.
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