Oh And of Course

Talks over the devolution of policing powers to the Northern Irish Assembly are still ongoing at Hillsborough castle long after the deadline expired. Given that this phase of negotiations have been overshadowed by the London Conference on Afghanistan I would have thought that the participants would by now have agreed to take a few days or even weeks off to consider their positions before re-starting the negotiations anew. If a firm(ish) timetable exists for the negotiations to continue I don't think London will be prepared to attempt to impose its own agreement.