[tom8517]

It is playing with fire. But this time London is not the villian, the DUP and Sinn Féin have to come to their senses. The last twenty years have seen Northern Ireland go from a war zone to a largely peaceful, some what prosperous place comparable to the rest of the UK or the Republic. A return to direct rule plays into the hands of the extremists, particularly the rump elements of the IRA.