The Guardian view on the Drumcree parade: ghosts from the past have brought Stormont to the brink | Editorial
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A reckless decision to authorise an Orange Order parade with a notorious history has deepened the political crisis in the Northern Ireland executiveThe last time that the Orange Order successfully marched from Drumcree parish church down the Garvaghy Road, a mainly Catholic part of Portadown, it required a British army presence and a lockdown of locals forced off their own streets. The 1997 parade was preceded by loyalist death threats and followed by nationalist riots, in which more than 160 pe
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