Right, we're happy. Let's do it.

We're back at Stormont in the BBC's Subterranean Radio Studio.

Welcome to Red Lines in the new dispensation.

Stormant is back.

We have a speaker.

We have ministers.

We have committee chairs.

We have an opposition of sorts, albeit a very tiny one.

The freelance journalist Amanda Ferguson is here,

as are the Beebe's finest Stephen Walker and John Campbell.

Stephen. Ferguson is here, as are the Beeb's finest Stephen Walker and John Campbell. Stephen, we can now say with real conviction

that a week is a long

time in politics. A very, very

long time in politics, Mark. I mean, what a remarkable

few days we've had. We had the

deal on Thursday, then we had Sinn Féin

giving it its blessing on Friday,

then we were up here on Saturday.

I can't remember the last time.

There was a Saturday sitting at Stormont. We had the ministers appointed, elected. We had that

little row over the speaker because everybody was expecting that it would be Patsy McGlone and in the

end it was Alex Maski. So yes, a remarkable few days.

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