It's not been a easy time for the Tories recently. A year ago they were so far ahead in the polls that a resounding victory at this year's General Election looked certain. But with the polls only weeks away, a combination of a resurgent Gordon Brown and a series of embarassing headlines - most notably the 'non-dom' status of Lord Ashcroft - have left David Cameron and his party on the backfoot.
Today's historic agreement reached in Northern Ireland on the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster to the Assembly is long-overdue. It was hailed by Gordon Brown, who said that the politics of progress had now replaced the politics of division.
David Cameron also offered his support for the agreement. And yet the only party not to back the vote were the Ulster Unionists - a political party that the Conservatives have formed an alliance with.
Hasn't this put David Cameron in a rather awkward position? So close to the British people going to the polls, the man who aspires to be the next Prime Minister has sided with a party that has opposed a solution to a problem that has dogged Northern Ireland for far too long. Isn't it time for Mr Cameron to think again?
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