If a week is a long time in politics, a year must seem like a lifetime, and for many of us the past year has been life-changing.
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Three years without a government, set against the backdrop of Brexit drawing ever closer, there was a palpable sense of cautious optimism when a deal was announced this time last year by the then Secretary of State, Julian Smith, and his counterpart in the Republic, Simon Coveney, heralding a “New Decade, New Approach”.
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In 2015 the DUP was prepared for a hung parliament with the Westminster Election Manifesto published alongside their Plan for Northern Ireland.
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On Tuesday 9 July, the House of Commons voted to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland and to liberalise abortion laws through legislation that was initially introduced to extend the timeframe the Secretary of State has to call an election.
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For MPs accustomed to Secretary of State Karen Bradley’s often cautious statements before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee since her appointment in January, one early remark during Wednesday’s meeting was far from insignificant.
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