The Guardian view on Northern Ireland's elections: a pivotal moment | Editorial

This week's voting could have consequences for power sharing and for Britain's attempt to rebuild credibility in Europe All politics is local, or so it used to be said. But there was not much sign of that supposed neighbourhood granularity in England's local elections on 4 May. Instead, a majority of English voters appear to have gone to the polls determined to register a national protest against Rishi Sunak's Conservative government at Westminster. There has been even less deference to the pari...