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seachranaidhe · 7 years ago

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Gordon Brown says Tory pacts with unionists breach British neutrality

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen with DUP and Sinn Féin delegations at Hillsborough Castle in 2010. Gordon Brown Hillsborough Castle Policing and Justice Tory-DUP deal FORMER prime minister Gordon Brown claims the British government’s “long-standing neutrality” in Northern Ireland was first undermined by the ill-fated electoral alliance between the Tories…

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#"#" he writes #"And so it went on:#"As I joked with our team #"As usual #"If Theresa May was later to mortgage that neutrality in a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party #"Matters on the agenda included – from the DUP – a new Parades Commission #"No modern chancellor or prime minister could go to Belfast empty handed and survive #"Northern Ireland was on the prime minister&039;s desk every day #"The Conservatives and the Ulster Unionists entered a pact to stand in Northern Irish seats as the &039;Ulster Conservatives and Union #"When trouble flares up in Northern Ireland #&039;I feel the hand of history on my shoulders #:Gordon Brown – My Life Our Times is published by Bodley Head #a gratuity for thousands of Reserves in the Royal Ulster Constabulary #a Police Museum and a bail-out for the crisis-hit Presbyterian Mutual Building Society #accusing Theresa May of sacrificing non-partisanship for the sake of political expediency #And – from Sinn Féin – there were demands for a new Bill of Rights #and even ten years on it was a never ending negotiation."#and having the Irish government as a partner #and the hand of Peter Robinson in my pocket&039;."#at a stroke ending the long-standing neutrality that ensured both the main UK parties could be honest brokers in Northern Ireland disputes #British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen with DUP and Sinn Féin delegations at Hillsborough Castle in 2010 #by the fact that then First Minister Peter Robinson – unlike his predecessor Ian Paisley – "rarely" spoke to Deputy First Minister #David Cameron had already breached it with his pact."#every week and every month #everything had to be agreed #focusing primarily on his role as prime minister during the negotiations on the devolution of policing and justice in 2009-2010 #FORMER prime minister Gordon Brown claims the British government&039;s "long-standing neutrality" in Northern Ireland was first u #Gordon Brown Hillsborough Castle Policing and Justice Tory-DUP deal #Gordon Brown says Tory pacts with unionists breach British neutrality

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