Sinn Féin 's Stormont leader has said her party has no interest in a "Mickey Mouse" shadow Assembly to scrutinise decisions taken in Westminster. In the ongoing absence of devolution, the Democratic Unionists have voiced support for a form of shadow Assembly that would give locally elected politicians a role in scrutinising decisions taken in Westminster. "Any attempt to scramble together some sort of 'Assembly light', a scrutiny role is not the direction. Responding to recent claims from senior DUP figures that devolution may not return this year, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said delaying tactics were not acceptable. "We are not going to ask citizens to endlessly wait for the delivery of basic rights," she said.

Source: Evening echo March 26, 2018 15:33 UTC