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Twenty-five years later, the Good Friday Pact remains a truly extraordinary political achievement. It is the end of a decades-long conflict that has killed thousands and threatened Britain’s stability.
When U.S. President Joe Biden flies out next week to commemorate what can rightly be called a modern-day political miracle, he will highlight not only what has been accomplished, but what must be done.
I was in my mid-twenties when my office in London’s Docklands was destroyed by an IRA truck bomb parked in a parking lot.
One of many tragedies. But after decades of violence, Northern Ireland has enjoyed a fragile but lasting peace in her 25 years. Belfast is now a thriving city and the Northern Ireland Parliament has allowed all sides to be heard for most of the time.
To maintain this delicate peace, Northern Ireland’s political factions must now put aside their deep divisions and return to Stormont.
The intervention of Sir Tony Blair, who played a key role in brokering the Good Friday Agreement, is timely. We need to remember that this peace is not accidental, it is hard-earned and must be preserved. Blair is calling for vigilance from all sides as this delicate ceasefire enters a dangerous new era. The leaders of Westminster and Stormont today should heed his warning.
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