He branded the current situation a “national disgrace”
Politicians in Northern Ireland have shown a “terrible failure of leadership” and are sending voters a “dangerous” message that democracy does not work, an Oscar-winning actor from the region has said.
The DUP is blocking the devolved institutions in Belfast in a protest against post-Brexit trading arrangements, and the party has insisted it will not return to Stormont until it secures further legislative assurances from the UK Government around sovereignty and trade. Asked what it says about politicians’ attitudes to the public, he said it is “simply disrespectful” and “a great abdication”.
He added: “I think it’s teaching the electorate that voting isn’t working which is really dangerous because this is how we get ourselves out of messes – the communities talk about it, think about it, and then they vote with their feet and that’s democracy. But, you know, democracy doesn’t work here because at any stage, that mandate could be pulled.”
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