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Catalonia & Northern Ireland

  Twenty years ago today I was among a large assembly of journalists from around the world who had gathered in the  freezing cold of an Easter-tide Belfast to celebrate a magnificent political achievement. Today I simply reflect on that memory. In the days of  fake news and intense and generally justified popular scepticism with the absence of sound political leadership, I have no hesitation in supporting Tony Blair in his assertion that the peace agreement for Northern Ireland was something that those involved in it should feel justifiably proud …

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