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The PSNI veers from one serious problem to another. The latest is the Police Ombudsman’s report laying clear the failures of the force in its investigation of Alexander McCartney, who was conducting online blackmail through ‘catfishing’. Lack of resources and an appropriate focus on cybercrimes led to unacceptable investigation delays: faster action should have avoided […]

Even when Stormont is ‘functioning’, it continues to be dysfunctional. There is barely a difficult political decision that the Executive has the collective guts to take. This isn’t (just) about the people who make up the Executive, it is the structure which requires consensus – and that means deferral and avoidance of any decision that