Rishi Sunak has called for power-sharing to swiftly return to Northern Ireland ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
has called for power-sharing to swiftly return to Northern Ireland ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
The peace brought by the treaty also remains fragile, with the terror threat having been raised amid warnings of possible attacks on police. He said: ‘As we look forward, we will celebrate those who took difficult decisions, accepted compromise, and showed leadership – showing bravery, perseverance, and political imagination.
‘While it is time to reflect on the solid progress we have made together, we must also recommit to redoubling our efforts on the promise made in 1998 and the agreements that followed.’‘So we must get on with the business of governance,’ Mr Sunak continued. He told BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour: ‘Anybody who is predicting a date by which the executive would go back in Northern Ireland would be someone who can also sell you a four-leaf clover.Writing in The Telegraph, he added: ‘Across a range of measures, the people of Northern Ireland are being directly impacted because of an ongoing lack of locally accountable devolved government.
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