Rishi Sunak Tells DUP to do the ‘Right Thing’ and Return to Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (2nd from L) poses with (L to R) former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Hillsborough Castle in County Down, Northern Ireland, on April 19, 2023. PA Media

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to do the “right thing” and restore the power-sharing executive and assembly at Stormont.

Sunak made the comments on Wednesday night during a speech at Queen’s University in Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.