An Historic Day.
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I nearly forgot you all in the excitement of discovering facebook!! But leave you forever? NO No NOOOO!!
Northern Ireland is in the "HISTORIC" category of the news today - how many times have we been in that category? But yet yesterday the news wasn't really about Nortern Ireland it was about two men. They could have both been from Great Yarmouth - the story would have still been amazing.
This story is about two sworn political enemies losing enormous face and doing something unthinkable in years gone by, simply to do the right thing by a country. In Ian Paisley's speech yesterday he said "I want to make it clear that I am committed to delivering not only for those who voted for the DUP but for all the people of Northern Ireland."
Make no mistake, for Ian Paisley even to sit beside Adams for the 15 mins or so yesterday must have taken SERIOUS effort on behalf of all involved, not just the two men themselves but from countless civil servants, politicians and even family members. I don't imagine for a second it just happened spontaneously...
Whether or not they manage to stay with their feet under the table is of course another issue but let's be content (and possibly naive) enough to think that this can only be a good thing for us all.
© 2007 Fredordead
posted by Freddy @ Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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