Parties urged to resolve flag dispute
Efforts to end weeks of street protests over the flying of the union flag over Belfast City Hall must be led by political parties in the North, not London, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has said.
Describing the protests as “intolerable and unacceptable”, Ms Villiers said decisions about flags must be made “with respect” for different points of view: “Arguably, there is no one-size-fits-all solution,” she told the House of Commons.