The peace accord was signed when the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP were the two biggest parties in the North. Both were centrist, whereas Sinn Féin and the DUP were at the political extremes. Over the past two decades the landscape has changed utterly. The DUP and Sinn Féin are now the two biggest parties and the SDLP and the UUP are struggling to find a foothold. In 2007, when the power-sharing executive resumed after five years in cold storage, Ian Paisley and Martin…

Source: The Times October 30, 2017 23:59 UTC