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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll

Election fears form backdrop to DUP’s ‘crazy’ drama in Northern Ireland

Jeffrey Donaldson says he was told there was no more than a 30% chance of a new Brexit deal.
Jeffrey Donaldson says he was told there was no more than a 30% chance of a new Brexit deal. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Once again Northern Ireland is in the headlines. Stormont is on the brink of collapse and the febrile politics of orange, green and everything in between is exposed to all who do not live there.

An election for the Stormont assembly looms in May and on Friday the Democratic Unionist party raised the stakes again.

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