Eastwood: Meeting Secretary of State a ‘waste of time’

SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has said that today’s round-table was a “complete and utter waste of time”.

The Foyle MLA said: “It is quite clear that the British Government are totally unprepared to take the neccessary next steps to get power-sharing restored.

“Today is an embarrasing day for the Secretary of State.

“Quite simply, it is not her job to wait for a ‘consensus’.

“Her job, alongside the Tánaiste, is to kick-start the talks process.”

Stormont collapsed in January 2017 after Sinn Fein walked out of Government claiming the DUP were showing a lack of respect to republicans.

Ulster Unionist Party Leader Robin Swann said today after his meeting with the Secretary of State that he believed it could be a further three years before Stormont was back up and

Today’s meeting coincided with the first 15 per cent pay cut in MLAs salaries following a review.

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