“There’s a Reactivated Forcefield of Tensions Here”: An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Tim Wilson
"... Brexit has sharply refocused a harsh and unforgiving spotlight back on the contested identity of the province."
"... Brexit has sharply refocused a harsh and unforgiving spotlight back on the contested identity of the province."
"Some 20,000 people – rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic, young and old – stood together at Stormont, rising above political opinion, religious divide and any other consideration, to beg this place not to do this awful thing."
"Only 5% of all voters support introducing abortion through the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, as outlined in the proposed framework."
100,000 people in Northern Ireland are alive today because Northern Ireland did not accept the same abortion law that was introduced into Britain in 1967.
The whole of agri-food sector exports to the EU comprise only 1% of output of goods and services in Northern Ireland or in other words 4% of sales to the outside world. Even so, almost one billion pounds of business is at stake and 5,000 jobs could be at risk plus parts of farmer’s incomes if the whole sector were to go under.