Things are rarely straightforward at Stormont and six months into this latest incarnation of the devolution project, we've hit another rocky patch.

Michelle O'Neill's presence at Bobby Story's funeral has damaged the relationship between the Deputy First Minister and her partner in the executive office, Arlene Foster.

And while nobody in the executive seems to want to pull the institutions down at this stage,

it's clearly not business as usual.

And of course, it's far from the first time storm it has been plunged into crisis mode.

So, Stephen, how does this situation compare to similar occasions in the past, do you think?

I don't really see this as a crisis at this stage purely because the possibility of bringing down the institution itself isn't really there.

Everybody's being very careful not to do that.

So it's a very aggravating, damaging spat and there's no doubt that it is damaged an already

fragile relationship between Sinn Féin, the D DUP in any case, but it's a

spot rather than a full-blown crisis.

Mary?

Yes, I mean, it is nothing to compare with some of the great crises of the past.

My favourite, obviously, was the SpyGate one back in 2002, when I think David Trimble called it 10 times

worse than Watergate. So nothing to touch that.

Nothing to touch that. And we're going to talk about that in a bit more detail in a moment or two.

Final quick thought on this, Mark?

I hate to disagree with my former boss, Stephen, but I think in the current context, it is a crisis.

Yes, it's not the type of life and death type issues that Stephen and I used to report on in the 1990s when you were talking about ceasefires breaking down.

But I think in the current context, it is a crisis.

Well, there's a lot of ground to cover in the next 25 minutes or thereabouts with my guests on today's red lines.

I'm sure you recognised all three voices there.

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