Newton Emerson writes a twice-weekly column for The Irish News and is a regular commentator on current affairs on radio and television. A more legitimate avenue for the DUP to explore would be whether employees have a right to opt out of bilingual uniforms. A case for this could be made under the unique protections in Northern Ireland equality law for ‘political opinion’. This was the first time a decline has been predicted for Northern Ireland and it seems we are on course to meet it. Some MLAs are backing an NSPCC campaign that would give children in Northern Ireland the same protection from assault as adultsNeither stance is really correct, the DUP’s in particular.