Hanging at the back of the @sinnfein press conf with Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald before their meeting with Jeremy Corbyn and Labourpic.twitter.com/gzgCRM5tDi
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“This Brexit is a catastrophe in slow motion, returning to the same points again and again. Ireland’s asks haven’t changed. The British parliament either has to accept the agreement negotiated by their own govt, or offer something that is operable for Irish rights”
On meeting Corbyn: “A customs union seems practical, but it doesn’t solve our problem. It’s not our business to tell Corbyn to do. We will be saying whatever way this lands, whether there is a deal or not, these are the commitments that have been made to Ireland.”
“We find ourself with the GFA under attack, a chaotic Brexit looming. The system here has a responsibility to protect Ireland’s peace, The issues of money, citizens’ rights in the north, all have to be dealt with first.”
“We’ve asked Theresa May endlessly what the threshold would be to hold a poll on unity. She’s never answered us.”
Michelle O’Neill now discussing Emma D’Souza’s case: “This govt is ignoring their duties under the GFA and telling Irish citizens in the north they are no longer Irish.”
Conor Murphy pointing out the Brexit negotiations have focused on trade and commerce not citizens’ rights: “The agreement does not deal with the fact citizens in the north are being forcibly removed from the EU”
[“WHY DON’T YOUTAKE YOUR SEATS” KLAXON]
Mary Lou: “I can hardly argue as an Irish nationalist for self governance then swear an oath of allegiance to a foreign power and enter a British parliament, in chaos, that represents British interests”
Journalist interrupts complaining. “We’re in a twilight zone between colonisation and full freedom, and I do not accept Britain have a right to be in my country. Abstentionism goes back 100 years.”
MON: “The British govt never gave us a thought, the GFA, the peace in the north, when bringing about this referendum”
Journo asks what taoiseach shld do in the event of a No Deal Brexit: should he enforce the border
“If you have No Deal, you have no backstop, you move to the rulebook. That means a hard border, and we can’t have that. What does that mean? We need the backstop. The ultimate answer to this, is to remove the border.”
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