Debate contribution: Prime Minister: Resignation
Debate contribution by Ms Michelle O'Neill on .
- MLA
- Ms Michelle O'Neill
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 22 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Prime Minister: Resignation
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5638181
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It is the latest chapter in a political psychodrama. It has been playing out in Westminster for forever and a day but particularly over the past 10 years. Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Brexit, which inflicted so much damage to the wider economy. We are now on the verge of having a seventh British Prime Minister in 10 years. I think of the chaos and instability that comes from our fortunes being tied to Westminster and people who will never prioritise the needs or interests of people here, particularly given their track record, which tells you that they prioritise a small number of the English elite over and above everybody else. Regardless of who inherits the keys of Downing Street, the Government will not behave any differently or afford more respect to our public. They will continue to treat us as second-class citizens. That is why it is time to take the future into our hands.
157 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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