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SOMETIMES I wonder if the nationalist community in Northern Ireland dressed up in pink tutus and danced the hula backwards, would unionist politicians agree to share power?

Political excuses

Fri, 26 May, 2006 - 01:00

It seems that for Ian Paisley and his colleagues there is always just one more reason — previously, disarmament and photos; now, support for policing. In the future, who knows?

Joseph Bergin

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