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Article: Ominous tone from Sinn Fein; PLATFORM: the Rt Hon. John D Taylor MP, deputy leader, Ulster Unionist Party.(Leader)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- November 4, 1998
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Unionists of all descriptions should be concerned at the ominous tone of some of the language of recent Sinn Fein statements. In particular, their chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness', recent comment that "The Agreement is not a peace settlement".
That reflects a real failure on the part of the republican movement to engage with the whole of the Belfast Agreement and not just those parts Sinn Fein like such as prisoner releases and the sections on equality.
The First Minister, David Trimble, has now facilitated four private meetings with the Sinn Fein ...