Gavin Robinson: “There are profound consequences for society.”

The fundamental principle of upholding the rule of law in this society are sacrosanct and cannot be tarnished.

We can’t have a situation where people who have the privilege of holding high office in Northern Ireland so flagrantly disregard the pledge of office and statutory underpinnings of their office.

We have someone who calls herself a First Minister for all breaking the law today, breaking the law, prepared to give a two-finger salute to the rule of law and order in this country.

“These decisions are a mistake, and send profound signals that the country should be run on force of numbers and who shouts the loudest.”