Sam McBride: Arlene Foster seems to be tearing up historic DUP policy, perhaps without even realising

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News   What's On   Lifestyle              Jul 19, 2020           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           Sam McBride: Arlene Foster seems to be tearing up historic DUP policy, perhaps without even realising           Just seventeen days ago, Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill set out for the first time details of a bill which they are ramming through the Assembly at such speed that it will probably be law within a fortnight.                 There is no point in churches meeting with Sinn Fein, says former Presbyterian moderator   A leading Protestant churchman has said that he sees no point in church leaders meeting Sinn Fein at this time.           Rev Norman Hamilton: After the events of the last few weeks, there is now little point in churches meeting Sinn Fein   Over the years, along with members of other churches, I have met representatives of Sinn Fein on many occasions (their leaders are pictured at Bobby Storey's funeral).           Ben Lowry: For all his debating skills, Michael Gove was unable to confirm Boris Johnson's pledge of no Irish Sea border   Both Boris Johnson and his cabinet colleague Michael Gove attended the University of Oxford in the 1980s.           Rev Hamilton is right that it is wrong for church leaders to engage with Sinn Fein at this time if they aren't going to challenge them   The letter from the Rev Norman Hamilton opposite is a sad landmark in the recent history of Northern Ireland politics.           Orangemen in somberos – a Twelfth to remember   So, the Twelfth celebrations went off relatively smoothly. I envied those in towns and villages where the bands came to them, a sign surely that compromise is very much alive despite Protestants and Orangemen in particular being constantly labelled intransigent.           Farmers battle bypass tractor ban   The Ulster Farmers' Union has vowed to continue lobbying the Department for Infrastructure over a decision against the reclassification of a Ballymena bypass.           Obituary: Lord Hutton became NI's top judge at a time IRA were slaughtering his colleagues   The life of Northern Ireland's former top judge, who braved the threat of republican bloodshed throughout his career, is to be remembered at a thanksgiving service following his death on Tuesday.           What to expect when you stay in a hotel post lockdown   Wondering what the 'new normal' of a hotel stay is like? HELEN MCGURK and her 'tweenager' checked into Bishop's Gate Hotel in Londonderry to find out                 View more news

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