Ulster Unionist Leader, Robin Swann MLA, has stated that Sinn Fein and the DUP`s toxic mix of arrogance, disrespect and incompetence has led Northern Ireland to where it is today.
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Robin Swann MLA, said:
“The fact that it will be 1000 days without devolution on Sunday is an abject failure of politics and demonstrates how incapable Sinn Fein and the DUP are of sharing power. Their toxic mixture of arrogance, disrespect and incompetence has led the country to where it is today.
“Our people are expected to languish on waiting lists which would cause uproar in other parts of the United Kingdom, people are dying because they haven`t been seen and health workers are stretched to breaking point. Even the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health has warned that the health service is ‘heading over the cliff edge’. If that isn`t motivation enough for the two largest parties to get back around the negotiating table, I don`t know what is.
“We and other parties were asked to give the DUP and Sinn Fein ‘space’ while they continued their talks and they haven`t delivered. It`s time for a different approach and return to the basics of the Belfast Agreement including building trust and mutual respect.”