Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist party after being charged with historical sexual offences, throwing Northern Ireland politics into turmoil.
(Note for foreigners: the DUP are a right-wing Loyalist protestant party, so think of them as Northern Ireland's equivalent of the US Republican party.)