The snap election has neutralised the government´s Northern Ireland problem
(World News UK)

The Prime Minister’s announcement last week that she would seek parliamentary approval for a General Election caught everyone by surprise, not least the parties in Northern Ireland. Prior to it, the prospect of a deal to form an Executive and restore Northern Ireland’s political institutions, after the collapse of power-sharing earlier in the year, appeared as distant as ever. The reason for this? Neither of Northern Ireland’s two leading parties, Sinn Fein and the DUP, really wanted an Executive to be formed. As former US secretary of state and seasoned Cold War negotiator Dean Acheson once wrote: “Negotiation...