Collapse Stormont...and please give us back our real government

Let's just say The Toytown parliament does collapse- what would be the real impact on peoples' lives in Northern Ireland?

Events in the recent past in two EU countries, Belgium and the Czech Republic, have proven that you don’t actually need a functioning government for the country to likewise function....buses will still run, bins will still be collected, taxes will still be paid and squandered. And we presently certainly do not have a "functioning government" of any description in Northern Ireland; our own Toytown Parliament in Northern Ireland has, to all intents and purposes, ceased to function and "govern" our small corner of the UK since the end of May. And, despite the "impasse", "crisis",*yawn* setbacks and more "intransigence" than you could shake a stick at...life still potters along. Can anyone honestly say that "governance" of Northern Ireland is any worse now, than it was in April or May? Of course not, and apart from, perhaps, the area of education (although even there, keeping Ruane’s hands tied has meant things haven’t, at least, got any worse) the impasse/crisis/setbacks/intransigence hasn’t caused any meaningful damage whatsoever to Northern Ireland.

The first truth is that the core problem between the DUP and Sinn Fein, the area of policing and justice, will not be improved by devolving it locally- any policing system needs impartiality and professionalism to operate efficiently and do you really expect our local heroes to deliver that?

The second truth is we don’t need Stormont for Northern Ireland to function in a much better way than it is at the minute; the truth is that we (the UK taxpayers) are paying for an expensive talking-shop, full of self-important and over-promoted parish-pump, communal spokesmen (I won’t dignify them with the title “politicians”).

Now, of course, there would be consequences of mothballing Peter, Marty & Co.- “Dump devolution and we’ll get lumbered with an Irish Language Act” appears to be the greatest threat being employed at the minute by both the Dupes and the Republicans. If that is indeed the case, then, yes, well, whatever, go for it. It can be argued that minority language provision in Northern Ireland lags behind the rest of the United Kingdom and if we wish to be regarded as a fully-paid up part of the UK, then the question deserves to be at least debated in a mature and detached manner- at Westminster.
So, really, for me, not that much of a threat then.
Let's get back to Westminster.