There will be no snap election in Northern Ireland before the New Year, the UK central government’s Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said on Friday.
In a written statement, the minister said the decision to rule out a Christmas election came after he listened to concerns from people across Northern Ireland. He also said he will make a statement in Parliament next week to lay out his plan.
Heaton-Harris is legally bound to call an assembly election within 12 weeks from Oct. 28 after Northern Irish politicians failed to form a functioning executive and an assembly by the deadline over a dispute about part of the UK’s Brexit deal concerning Northern Ireland….