The Orange cause is getting weaker every year and soon the game will be up

I’VE just realised the game is finally up for the Orange Order as we know it.

It happened during a “water cooler” conversation with a work colleague about the news stories covering the rioting in Ardoyne. I should explain a little. I’m a Protestant from east Belfast and have been living in America for the past 25 years.

I work for one of those peculiarly Washington institutions, a think-tank where scholars study politics and government policy.