杰恩·麦科马克（Jayne McCormack）报道：北爱尔兰的政治常被指责停滞不前，但眼下它更像是一个时光倒流的机器，将我们带回了三十年前。
By Jayne McCormack Politics in Northern Ireland is often accused of going nowhere fast but right now it more resembles a time warp taking us back three decades.
周末期间，围绕德拉姆克里（Drumcree）事件本已沉寂的分歧在各党派间再次激化，并蔓延至周一议员们重返议会之时。
Divisions that had been dormant over Drumcree flowed angrily again between the parties over the weekend, spilling over into Monday when MLAs returned to the chamber.
在北爱尔兰事务大臣呼吁斯托蒙特（Stormont）领导人“加倍努力寻求妥协”不到24小时后，议会中上演的却是全盘的针锋相对，毫无妥协可言。
Less than 24 hours after the secretary of state called on Stormont's leaders to "double down on compromise", what unfolded in the assembly was all double down, no compromise.
尽管议长埃德温·普茨（Edwin Poots）警告议员们要保持礼貌，但拥挤的议席间仍爆发了激烈的争吵，情绪失控。
Tempers and emotions flared - despite a warning from the Speaker, Edwin Poots, to mind their manners - amid shouting across the packed benches.
斯托蒙特议会素以戏剧性著称，但这次上演的究竟仅仅是表演性的政治，还是权力下放未来一场大戏的预演？
Stormont is known for its theatrics but was what unfolded simply more performative politics or the warm-up for a dramatic act over devolution's future?
不久之后，民主统一党（DUP）领导人加文·罗宾逊（Gavin Robinson）在就该党后续行动举行的新闻发布会上似乎给出了答案。
Soon after, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson appeared to provide the answer as he gave a press conference on his party's next steps.
他此前已警告称权力分享正处于“困难境地”，并抨击首席部长米歇尔·奥尼尔（Michelle O'Neill）及其他新芬党政客参与加瓦吉路（Garvaghy Road）抗议活动，要求对他们进行起诉。
He'd already warned that power sharing was in "difficult territory", as he hit out at First Minister Michelle O'Neill and other Sinn Féin politicians for taking part in the Garvaghy Road protest, and called for them to face prosecution.
虽然这位民主统一党领导人当时表示斯托蒙特议会已无法“照常运作”，但他随后又补充说，自己不会鲁莽行事。由此我们可以理解为，权力分享目前还将继续。
While saying then that it could not be "business as usual" at Stormont any more, the DUP leader went on to say he was not prepared to be reckless. From that we can take it to mean power sharing is going to carry on, for now.
但罗宾逊准备采取的第一步是探讨对新芬党部长提出谴责动议，并以涉嫌违反部长守则为由向斯托蒙特议会的标准专员举报他们。
But what Robinson is prepared to do first is explore tabling censure motions against Sinn Féin ministers, as well as reporting them to Stormont's standards commissioner for alleged breaches of the ministerial code.
这些机制都不会产生任何实质性或即时的影响。除非民主统一党的副首席部长艾玛·利特尔-彭格利（Emma Little-Pengelly）辞职，否则奥尼尔无法被强行罢免首席部长职务，因为两人必须共进退，缺一不可。
None of those mechanisms will have any hard or immediate effect and O'Neill can only be forcibly removed as first minister, if DUP deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly resigns her post, as neither can hold office without the other.
尽管一些联合派竞争对手呼吁民主统一党（DUP）退出行政机构，但党内人士表示，他们正在采取一种“循序渐进”的应对路径，而不是仅仅选择拉动紧急制动杆来停止权力分享。
Despite some calls from unionist rivals for the DUP to walk out of the executive, party insiders say they are embarking on a "pathway" of graduated responses, rather than merely opting to pull the emergency lever and halt power-sharing.
罗宾逊还退出了原定于周二举行的斯托蒙特委员会会议，巧合的是，该会议原本旨在探讨改革相关机构的问题。未来可能还会有更多举措。
Robinson has also pulled out of attending a Stormont committee on Tuesday that is coincidentally looking at the issue of reforming the institutions. More steps may soon follow.
虽然人们希望通过留出时间和空间来平息日益高涨的情绪和言论，以寻求解决方案，但不要指望奥尼尔和利特尔-彭格利很快会并肩出现在联合拍照的场合。
While the hope is that time and space may allow for rising tempers and rhetoric to be dialled down in a bid to find a resolution, don't expect to see O'Neill and Little-Pengelly standing side-by-side at joint photo opportunities any time soon.
相反，周一值得注意的是，这两位女性分别在各自的后座议员席位上发言，利特尔-彭格利指责首席部长“逃避审查”，而奥尼尔则坚持表示她“为支持加瓦吉路（Garvaghy Road）的居民而感到自豪”。
Instead on Monday, it was notable that the two women spoke from their respective backbenches as Little-Pengelly accused the first minister of "running from scrutiny", while O'Neill maintained that she was "proud to stand up" for the Garvaghy Road residents.
愤世嫉俗者可能会说，议会选举的口号已经开始成形，新芬党政客称“绝无回头路”，而民主统一党的议员们则将他们的权力分享伙伴称为“违法者而非立法者”。
A cynic might say the assembly election slogans are already being formed as Sinn Féin politicians said there can be "no going back", while DUP MLAs have been referring to their power-sharing partners as "law breakers not law makers".
各党派之间的关系本已处于艰难境地，但这次关于游行问题的意外波折使局势进一步偏离了轨道。
Relations between the parties were already in tough terrain, but this unexpected bump in the road over parading has steered things further off course.
各方都清楚，突然从权力下放的悬崖上跳下来是一回事，但正如近期的历史所告诉我们的那样，想要重新爬上来却绝非易事。
All parties know that suddenly stepping off the precipice of devolution is one thing but as recent history tells us, trying to get back up over it never happens as quickly.
目前议会山已经出现了混乱，但随着奥兰治兄弟会（Orange Order）与加瓦吉路居民之间的对峙仍在持续，斯托蒙特的未来很可能与德拉姆克里（Drumcree）事件的最终结果息息相关。
Already there is disruption on the hill but with the stand off between the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents still going, Stormont's future will likely be linked to whatever the final outcome is at Drumcree.
这已不是游行、警务和权力分享问题第一次发生冲突，而找到解决这场争端的途径目前尚不明朗。
Not for the first time parading, policing and power-sharing are colliding and finding the route out of this row isn't yet obvious.