Now that the bit players, UUP and SDLP, have been brushed aside its time for the big two to behave like adults and restore power sharing. It's particularly important for Sinn Fein to show the converts they won from the SDLP that they made the right choice.
Abstaining from Westminster puts off some moderate nationalists, but it was the right choice. Sinn Fein taking their seats would have torn the party in two and driven mainstream republicans into the dissident camp.
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