Parading politics is bad politics

Over the past decade this region has transformed its relationship with parades. There are still problems but the situation is so much better today because politicians have largely stepped back and let the Parades Commission get on with doing the just it was established to do.

Why having reached a point where the is general acceptance of a process which appears to be working would you want to hand control back to the problem – politicians?

What the First Minister proposed yesterday in the House Of Commons makes no sense nor is it in the regional interest. But then neither does what the DUP did on Lisburn City Council when the so called “City for Everyone” ignored advice and excluded SDLP councillors from a key committee.