授权一个有着恶名昭彰历史的奥兰治教团游行的鲁莽决定，加深了北爱尔兰行政机构的政治危机。上一次奥兰治教团成功从德拉米教区教堂沿加瓦吉路游行——该路段位于波塔当以天主教徒为主的区域——需要英军驻守，并强制当地居民离开自家街道实施封锁。1997年的游行前有效忠派死亡威胁，后引发民族主义者骚乱，造成160多人受伤。与该游行相关的长期致命暴力和骚乱记录，促使第二年作为和平进程一部分成立的游行委员会将其禁令。
A reckless decision to authorise an Orange Order parade with a notorious history has deepened the political crisis in the Northern Ireland executive The last time that the Orange Order successfully marched from Drumcree parish church down the Garvaghy Road, a mainly Catholic part of Portadown, it required a British army presence and a lockdown of locals forced off their own streets. The 1997 parade was preceded by loyalist death threats and followed by nationalist riots, in which more than 160 people were injured. The lengthy track record of lethal violence and disorder associated with the march led the Parades Commission – established the following year as part of the peace process – to ban it.
然而，周日发生的场景以极不受欢迎的方式让时光倒流，旧创伤和敌意被鲁莽地允许重现。令人费解的是，在今年例行续禁决定因程序理由受到挑战后，委员们在上周晚些时候推翻了裁决，允许游行以有限规模进行。完全可以预见的结果是紧张对峙和斯托蒙特的政治危机，因为抗议者封锁加瓦吉路线直到周一凌晨。
On Sunday, however, in scenes that rolled back the years in deeply unwelcome fashion, the old traumas and hostilities were recklessly allowed to resurface. Unfathomably, after a routine decision to renew the ban this year was challenged on procedural grounds, the commissioners reversed their ruling late last week and permitted a march to go ahead on a limited scale. The entirely predictable result was a tense standoff and a political crisis in Stormont, after protesters blocked the Garvaghy Road route until the early hours of Monday morning.