Defend agreement from unionist vandals: Durkan

The British government must vigorously defend the Good Friday Agreement from the “serial vandalism” of unionist politicians, nationalist SDLP leader Mark Durkan claimed today.

The Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister told a fringe meeting organised by his party at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool that the Government must not dilute or diminish legislation on further police reforms in the face of Ulster Unionist threats to withdraw from the political institutions.