At the @IrishInstitute lecture with @MaryLouMcDonald in Liverpoolpic.twitter.com/tnZHQYxfVh
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'If the people choose unity, then the British government is obliged to legislate for it. It was alarming too when Theresa May in the Brexit debate states that no British Prime Minister would consider changes to the union. That ship sailed in 1998.'
'The truth is that since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the British government is obliged to act on the vote of the people in a unity referendum. Following a successful unity referendum there will need to be a period of transition and agreement.'
'One of the areas of common agreement with the Brexiteers, the Irish government and the EU is that the common travel area must and will continue regardless of Brexit. That means the ability to travel and work between our countries will continue.'
'There is no doubt that the current British government’s dependence on the DUP makes this a mighty challenge. But a new conversation has started, north and south. The deal between the DUP and Tories will be a footnote in our shared histories. With Brexit as its only legacy.'
"We had an agreement [for Stormont] in February, we had accommodations. Arlene's words this week, that the GFA can be amended for Brexit: that's not happening, that's not happening"
"Theresa May needs to stop giving shelter to the DUP. They are hiding in Westminster. There is no popular purchase for their position in NI, but clearly there is in Westminster"
'I'm disappointed though not surprised that neither May nor [Karen Bradley] have a deep understanding of Irish affairs, and they've placed the relationship with the DUP above all else. But I'm an optimist. The leaderly thing to do is protect GFA in its entirety'
Mary Lou just namechecked @OwenJones84's Arlene Foster video, describing her as "tying herself up in knots"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0AHrK1MyO4 …
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