Quote Originally Posted by Dorcus View Post
Yes very good point. They won't share power with SF. In my opinion this is a flaw in the GFA. If the Deputy Leader refuses to share power the Deputy Leadership should transfer to the third largest Assembly party.
They will share power with SF because they have in the past, but not with Sinn Fein having the First Minister, even though the posts of First and Deputy are equally important in he eyes of the GFA. It's semantics of course but we are talking about the DUP here.

There would be no point transferring the Deputy Leadership to the third largest party, because the DUP wouldn't take part in the assembly so it couldn't function anyway.