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Yep I agree. This is almost certainly more to do with unionist politics than a serious threat to the executive, although there is always a danger that events could take on a momentum of their own.
The UUP are desperate to make further inroads into DUP territory by appearing to be 'tough' on terrorism. If it was the case that Sinn Fein were furthering their political agenda by exploiting the continued existence of ghe IRA then it would be understandable, but very evidently this is not so. It's inconceivable that their would not be legacy issues for a gun centric outfit like the IRA - of which this killing appears to be one example. To allow it to take on an importance out of all proportion by this political grandstanding seems very wrong
On the other hand, at least now there'll be a proper opposition in the assembly in the form of the UUP. Until they put their toys back in the pram that is ...