If Jeffrey Donaldson did not exist, nationalism would have to invent him. Attacking the DUP is a useful distraction not only from the failure of the Good Friday Agreement, but from nationalism’s contribution to the collapse of public services here.

Of course you disagree, so let’s say that Jeffrey should be flogged in public and then boiled in oil. Right, do you feel better now? Good, so let’s look at the world which political sectarianism has created for ordinary people here.

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You already know the details: 700,000 on NHS waiting lists (36 per cent of the population), an estimated 400,000 in what is known as food insecurity, 104,000 children in poverty and almost 9,000 homeless households.

And that, say nationalists, is Jeffrey’s fault. Sinn Féin wants Stormont to “get back to work” to tackle “crippling health waiting lists”. However, it was Stormont’s “work” which created........

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