Readers' Blog: DUP could well learn from history of the English

The DUP is now describing the Brexit backstop as poison, as though its existence is preventing them from reaching some kind of nirvana with other Brexiteers in a brave new world. They would do well to learn a few lessons from history.

Readers' Blog: DUP could well learn from history of the English

The DUP is now describing the Brexit backstop as poison, as though its existence is preventing them from reaching some kind of nirvana with other Brexiteers in a brave new world. They would do well to learn a few lessons from history.

One of the watershed events in the history of Northern Ireland, apart from Brexit, and the conflict from 1968 to 1998, is the Siege of Derry.

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