A good line from Simon Coveney at the Belfast event that last time was interrupted by a loyalist proxy-hoax bomb.
"If you support the Good Friday Agreement but do not respect the culture or aspirations of unionism or people of British identity in Northern Ireland, then you have failed to fully understand the Good Friday Agreement. If you support the agreement but see discussing or advocating for a united Ireland as somehow illegitimate or undermining the agreement, then you have failed to fully understand the Good Friday Agreement.
Couldn't agree more. Which makes it odd that the commentariat and parts of the political class in this state seem to be a bit wishy washy on the last part.
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