Northern Ireland after the election

The Northern Ireland Assembly election on 2 March 2017 was likely to be followed by a difficult political negotiation. Alan Whysall argued that it must not be mere political sticking plaster. There was no real alternative to the basic architecture of the institutions, but there were fundamental issues to be dealt with about the way they operated. And that was too important to be left to politicians alone: people in Northern Ireland outside politics needed to get involved in setting the agenda.

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Blog: UCL Constitution Unit, 16.01.17: Northern Ireland: where now? https://constitution-unit.com/2017/01/16/northern-ireland-where-now/

Blog: UCL Constitution Unit: Tag: Devolution: Northern Ireland https://constitution-unit.com/tag/northern-ireland/

Institute for Government: IfG Insight, February 2017: The 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/2017-northern-ireland-assembly-election

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Wikipedia: Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election,_2017

The Guardian: Tag: Northern Ireland politics https://www.theguardian.com/politics/northernireland

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