'Assembly without ministers' would address political impasse: Swann

UUP leader Robin Swann told his party's conference there is little to celebrate as we mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement A new Stormont Assembly, operating without ministers, should be convened to operate as a "grand council for Northern Ireland" in the absence of the power-sharing Executive, Robin Swann has said. Addressing the Ulster Unionist spring conference on Saturday, the party leader said progression towards a system of voluntary coalition could be another way to addr