Waffling and delay at Stormont shows that power sharing does not work

Too many spokes in the wheel and it’s not turning. Every time an important decision must be made they takes days of debate before anything is done while businesses like pubs and restaurants do not know when they can open. It is so frustrating for anyone wanting to run a business here.

The economy is suffering but Sinn Fein would think that we must get government assistance into the future. Since the furlough scheme goes on until March I wouldn’t be surprised if they want lockdown until then.

I had to smile when I read a headline of Michelle O’Neill saying Arlene Foster was putting lives in danger. I can cast my mind back to the days when we in Northern Ireland could not go shopping without republican car and store bombs making us fear for our lives.

In England Boris Johnson makes a decision and a few might be upset but it is then carried out. Here they waffle for days for every move must be approved by all parties. Meanwhile jobs are lost.

Lorna McGarry, Limavady

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