Northern Ireland peace deal architect urges DUP to restart power-sharing

George Mitchell calls on party leaders to defy those ‘want everything their way all the time’

Former US senator George Mitchell (left) with former PM Sir Tony Blair (PA)

The US politician who led the Good Friday Agreement talks has urged the DUP and other parties in Northern Ireland to compromise in bid to end the impasse at Stormont.

Former US senator George Mitchell urged leaders to act with the “courage and wisdom” that their predecessors had done 25 years ago – calling on them to defy the “100 percenters” who “want everything their way all the time”.

Mr Mitchell saying delivering stability in the province doesn’t require them to “love one another” in an apparent appeal to the unionists in the DUP to return to powersharing with nationalists Sinn Fein.