A collective nationalist rejection of the old Stormont had eventually brought that institution down; now Unionists had managed to destroy its successor. The analysis that there appeared to be a double veto, with Unionists and nationalists able to deny the other what they wanted, caused a great many to conclude that this was a problem without a solution. That element of Unionism which had been prepared to share power virtually disappeared overnight. Rees went back to the drawing board in search of some new avenue of progress. He found none, since Unionists and loyalists, suffused with the glow
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