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The English People's Congress promised a firm line over a power-sharing deal with northern separatists today. https://www.ft.com/content/dca43e96-0007-11e7-96f8-3700c5664d30
Separatists in the north launched another independence bid today, warning that the English People's Congress may hold power into the 2030s.
The separatists' leader said that southern politicians had been given “every opportunity to compromise”: https://www.ft.com/content/2b2bb222-07e4-11e7-ac5a-903b21361b43
A liberal opponent of the premier within the ruling party stepped down as a legislator. He will retain editorial control of a mouthpiece.
LOCAL COLOUR: A journalist association in the capital hailed the state supreme leader as a "beacon of stability". http://londonpressclub.co.uk/2017/04/27/queen-crowned-londoner-year/
Elsewhere, concerns grew over a growing sectarian divide in polls held in another area of the restive region. https://www.ft.com/content/298300e2-0032-11e7-96f8-3700c5664d30
The faction-riven EPC handling of exit from a regional development community is exacerbating concern over the state's territorial viability.
Interestingly, there were no UN or EU monitors present when I looked today.
