made a profit in the uk since 2017 as it offsets costs to decommission oil rigs and can further offset the recent windfall tax by investing in new uk energy. over the next decade, shell says it will invest £20 25 billion, three quarters of that in low or zero carbon energy sources. but they will also dish out vast sums to its shareholders which include pension funds. watching that kind of money paid out from a uk headquartered company generates bafflement and outrage but sometimes there are not simple answers to complex problems. in northern ireland, the situation is now at crisis point. the latest efforts to form a new governing executive have failed, so major decisions on public services including sorting out record nhs waiting lists are still on hold. business leaders say the political instability is damaging investment and job creation.
greater than the opportunities that we have with division. it isn t to dismiss the past, the past matters and we have to deal with that in a way that has integrity. i don t excuse what the ira did and i certainly don t accept that it was valid. but, i do believe very strongly that we have an opportunity as a result of the good friday agreement to move beyond that conflict and start to look at how do we rekey our society in a way that we can respectfully disagree on the constitutional position but still work together on the health service, on the state of communities, on the cost of living crisis, communities, those things that actually impact on so many people? actually impact on so many eole? , , people? this isn t the place, not in news people? this isn t the place, not in news interview - people? this isn t the place, not in news interview for - people? this isn t the place, not in news interview for a l not in news interview for a detailed conversation about something that fra
i recognise that every time that unionism reacts in this kind of over the top way, it discombobulates nationalists in northern ireland, who suddenly feel like, what s the point of giving this a go when we could have unity instead? and i just think that unionism in some ways has dealt itself every kind of self harming blow with brexit and with the reaction to the protocol. i think it is unhelpful. i just want to return to something personal before being wound up. you referred to the late nights on twitter, you refer to the fact that it is likely fighting about i imagine that you have a lifetime of being. abused. i get a lot of abuse, but not exclusively on social media. i had an e mail recently, i was on rte during the election
it matters and we have to deal with that and in a way that has integrity, and i don t excuse what the ira did and i certainly don t accept that it was valid. but i do believe very strongly that we have an opportunity as a result of the good friday agreement to move beyond that conflict and start to look at how do we re gear our society in a way that we can respectfully disagree on the constitutional position but still work together on the health service, the state of our communities, on housing, on the cost of living crisis. all those things that actually really impact on so many people. this is not a news interview, for a detailed conversation about something that makes people yawn with boredom or scratch their head with bafflement, the northern ireland protocol, important though of course it is. let me just put something of the principle to you.
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