Sinn Féin must abandon threats

It was at once sinister — in the sense that it was an attempt to be sinister — and yet it was also quite amusing in that Bobby Storey sounded like a punch drunk retired boxer who was trying to convince a crowd who once looked up to him that he was fit for another fight.
Whether sinister or amusing, he was restating one of the few quotes that Gerry Adams has given to the political sphere. John Hume used to be criticised by others for his “single transferable speech”, and yet his words have been enshrined in the political process and its institutions.