I hope we can actually bring about fairly soon a situation in Northern Ireland where everybody, even those who, at the moment, are skeptical of the process, can feel safe and confident. |
I must make it clear that the calling of the meeting does not mean that we have committed ourselves to endorsing any set of proposals. |
I think it would be folly -- folly to try and force the IRA to do something which the British, in 30 years of war, could not achieve. This is a voluntary process. |
I wonder if they have any idea of the damage that has been done to this process, and have they any ideas as to how to recover and repair that damage. |
If President Clinton's visit helps to shift paramilitaries from their intransigent positions, he will deserve much credit, ... I hope that the IRA and the loyalist paramilitaries will not let him down. |
If the so-called war is really over, then there is no justification for holding on to illegal weapons. |
If there is a real commitment, then getting rid of the weapons could not possibly be a problem, |
If they (IRA) put their weapons completely and verifiably beyond use, then we'll all be delighted, |
In all of this we have negotiated in good faith. It is now apparent that others have not, |
In all of this we have negotiated in good faith. It is now apparent that others have not. |
in no way final. |
In the absence of those certainties, in the absence of those commitments, we have decided it's premature to form a shadow administration, |
In the event of that not happening by Monday and Tuesday, that will leave us with no alternative but to remove ourselves from the administration. |
In the future there cannot be room for ambiguity. They have to make their position absolutely clear before they can expect anyone to respond to it. |
It is an inevitable fact of involvement in politics ... that you have to meet and work with a range of people and they are not all angels, |