Almost thirty years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement its limitations are beginning to show.

Political change is sweeping Europe. Nigel is rising in Great Britain. Peter replaced Viktor in Hungary. Macron is on his way out in France. Populism – defined by “people” vs. “elites”, distrust of institutions, and moral absolutism – is the connecting theme. Yet that populism is present in Northern Ireland too, which is odd for two reasons. First, the power-sharing institutions require party-opposites on the constitutional question to cooperate on delivering significant cha