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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
A hard Brexit and removing Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights would almost certainly destroy the Good Friday Agreement.
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It could Vicky.
Re living the past Irish problems helps no one.
The atrocities were awful and unacceptable but unionists whipped up hatred just as much as nationalists did.
We should have moved on by now,with the power sharing peace process and the IRA at long last halting their grossly wrong bombing campaign.
However,Sinn Féin and the Unionists have worked together for heading on near 2 decades now and all should be grateful for that.
Rightly or wrongly, people felt support for the IRA position,minus the killings of course.
While others supported the Unionists cause too, even to the orange order,celebrating yearly the defeat of Catholic causes over 300,yes 300 years earlier, by orange marches parading down Catholic resident areas taunting and baiting.
They still do when they can and have grievances with the parades commission as to no go Catholic areas for such marches.
So if the DUP start to expect favours from the Cons for keeping them in govt or are suspected of getting any special concessions in any way, this could threaten the not taking sides of UK govts as to N Ireland and cause major issues with the hard-earned peace process of over 15 years ago.
It could.
That is why having the DUP officially on board in any capacity as to being tied to the UK govt,is a real risk to stability.
Sinn Féinn have already personal issues with the DUP leader at Stormont anyway.
So the power sharing is having difficulty at present with no agreement for the way forward.
As for Martin Mcguinness,he was deputy first Minister, he worked with the peace process and even worked with Ian Paisley.
His past is chequered of course but his contribution to the peace process,like or detest him,is fact.
Acknowledged by Labour,Conservative govts alike.