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The DUP's Inability to Nomininate a Speaker and Deputy Speakers

Stormont has been unable to elect a speaker and conduct its first item of business. The DUP say they will not nominate a speaker, which is kind of like the thing that unlocks the whole process until there's more progress on changing the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit deal. Any further sitting of the assembly can only be held toelect a speaker and deputy speakers. And we're into that period where an election will have to be called. But what does this all mean? We ask Emma Vardy who has been in America, but is now back in Stormont.

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