Clinton ‘no confidence’ in Good Friday deal

BILL CLINTON’S decision to pull out of a Belfast conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is a vote of no confidence in it, a leading unionist claimed yesterday.

Clinton ‘no confidence’ in Good Friday deal

Following the announcement by the US Ireland Alliance that the former US president had withdrawn from the event next month because of changes to his schedule, Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley Junior claimed it was recognition by him that the accord was flawed.

“The decision by Bill Clinton not to attend any celebrations on the Belfast Agreement is a vote of no confidence in the failed Belfast Agreement,” the North Antrim MLA argued.

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