ULTRAFAST BROADBAND? If the £150 money from Conservative/DUP deal is solely targeted at Ultrafast broadband, it is unlikely to benefit ordinary homes in rural areas which today still have poor broadband. (Update – apparently yes, using Fibre to the Remote Node technology in rural areas … if the price [subsidy] is right for customers.)
Very briefly… source for all information is the Guardian as that was the first place I could find with the detailed documents! The agreement The short version is that the DUP will vote with the Government on the Queen’s Speech, the budget, all finance and money bills, supply and appropriation legislation and Estimates. In return, the Government agreed: No change to pensions triple lock and Winter Fuel Payment 2% of GDP on armed forces as per NATO commitment Implementation of …
We should watch out for an intelligent approach in the DUP’s cunning game of political poker. There’s no reason their wish list can’t include some items that would be celebrated by Sinn Féin and help keep the Stormont political talks alive.
SOAPBOX – Scott Moore argues that a cross-community in the Assembly should be required before a Northern Ireland party enters a coalition at Westminster.
