A consensus on crowing
The recent assertion by Gerry Adams that Ian Paisley "radicalised a generation of young people" like himself might have raised eyebrows elsewhere, but in Northern Ireland - which tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement - it was another example of a remarkable consensus emerging between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist party: a consensus about the past, not the future. After decades disputing whose voters were more deserving of the title Most Oppressed People Ever, Sinn Féin and the DUP have spent the past 10 months patting themselves - and each other - on the back for forging the Most Successful Peace Process Ever-ever-ever.… Seguir leyendo »