POLITICAL choreography seemed to be the order of the day. Conveniently, the corps de ballet master changed the tempo.

IT was a great relief that Sinn Féin, through a combination of skill and determination, had persuaded its membership to vote in favour of the party’s motion supporting a new era in policing in Northern Ireland.

I WISH to congratulate Raymond McCord Snr for his courage and determination to discover the facts concerning the murder of his son.

IN autumn 2002 we were treated to the spectacle of a huge detachment of police invading Sinn Féin offices at Stormont. That had all the hallmarks of an event stage-managed for maximum media impact.

SINCE the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the British government always had to bear in mind the desirability of keeping the Unionist Party comfortable with the devolution project.