welcome to belfast and the lyric theatre where tonight, the play agreement will mark a moment 25 years ago that changed every aspect of life here in northern ireland forever the signing of the good friday or belfast agreement. it brought peace to northern ireland, but it has been an imperfect peace. the agreement guaranteed power sharing in government between nationalist and unionist communities. but for more than a third of its lifetime, there hasn t been a sitting government at stormont. these halls at the lyric have captured huge moments of symbolism both big and small. ten years ago, martin mcguinness, northern ireland s former deputy first minister, a former ira commander, shook hands with queen elizabeth here, a moment that would have once been unimaginable. and it is moments like that that people will be looking out for this evening when president biden arrives. here in northern ireland, words matter, and people will be looking to president biden s speech to see ho
nicola sturgeon told me when i spoke to her moments ago. she said it is a necessity the country should go to the polls. liz truss was the fourth prime minister nicola sturgeon had to deal with, but in truth she didn t deal with her at all. liz truss said she would ignore nicola sturgeon and in the end, that is what she said. the two of them in the 45 days had no formal discussions at all, no telephone call whatsoever, they exchanged a few words informally after the death of the queen, but there was no formal start of the relationship between the two governments. what happens now? nicola sturgeon said liz truss would be a footnote in the realms of political history. i asked about borisjohnson and the possibility of his returning to british politics at the highest level. she said it was a ludicrous idea and a ridiculous idea. it is worth pointing out the scottish conservative leader douglas ross is not keen on that idea either. he said this evening, people know where i stand wh
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