SDLP leader and Foyle MP Colum Eastwood
Party leader Colum Eastwood accused the DUP and Sinn Fein of turning Stormont into a “soap opera” amid the latest stand over the renomination of the first and deputy first ministers.
“I fear if this place comes down this time, it won’t come back,” Mr Eastwood told a Stormont press conference.
“Does anybody really want Boris Johnson dealing with our health crisis? Does anybody think Matt Hancock is the right man to sort out the issues in Northern Ireland? I for one don’t.
“And it’s about time these two parties stopped thinking about themselves and looking after their own interests and started thinking about the public out there.
“People are sick of it.
“We’re still going through a pandemic and waiting lists are out of control. What are they going to do about it?
“Stop all the messing, nominate a first minister and a deputy first minister and let’s get on with delivering all of those things in NDNA (New Decade, New Approach) and all the other things that people want us to deal with.”
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