(Headline could have been Northern Irish Political Turmoil, but that’s a bit of a Dog Bites Man one)
Edwin Poots resigned as head of the Democratic Unionist Party, the largest in Northern Ireland, tonight. He was defenestrated by his colleagues after three weeks in office. Not because he’s a creationist who believes in fairy stories and abhors fact, but because he compromised with the opposition to enable government to continue.
The DUP is a collection of crazy bigots created by the self-styled Reverend Ian Paisley, a tub-thumping religious fundamentalist, in 1971 because the establishment fundamentalists were too moderate. The troubles at the time were due to religious discrimination, Paisley’s raison d’être was to prevent compromise (i.e. on discrimination). Latterly the DUP supported Brexicide despite it being an obvious car-crash for Northern Ireland, and wiped out poor Tessie May because she wanted to not crash the car too fast.
Fundamentalism, oblivion to obvious facts and consequences, charismatic leadership…
surely their co-operation with the modern Conservatives is a coincidence?