Apprentice Boys recognise 'upset' over band uniform. Are we getting the same leadership from our politicians?

The Apprentice Boys have been praised for showing positive leadership following the controversy over Parachute Regiment emblems worn by a members of a flute band during a parade last weekend. Last night, the organisation made a statement acknowledging the "potential upset" caused to nationalists in Londonderry. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the statement was a "positive step that will contribute to healing in the city". And he welcomed it as the "kind of leadership that Derry and the north needs right now". So, what's the impact of the political vacuum at Stormont? Commentators Allison Morris and Alex Kane have both given a darkly pessimistic analysis of Northern Ireland's current situation.