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peace hard earned, how astounding that peace was hard earned, how astounding that peace was at the moment. it shifted the political gravity of our world, titeratty the political gravity of our world, titeratty it the political gravity of our world, literally it shifted the political gravity~ literally it shifted the political gravity. in 1998 it was the longest running gravity. in 1998 it was the longest running conflict in europe since the end of running conflict in europe since the end of world war ii. thousands of famities end of world war ii. thousands of families had been affected by the troubles, families had been affected by the troubles, the losses were real, the pain was troubles, the losses were real, the pain was personal, i don t need to tell people pain was personal, i don t need to tell people in this audience. every person tell people in this audience. every person killed in the troubles left an empty person killed in the troubles left an e ....
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 ....
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 st ....
2022, the year of three prime ministers, at least. after an astonishing decade in british politics, another unprecedented moment. is politics, another unprecedented moment. , , ., moment. is the news came in we asked voters for there s moment. is the news came in we asked voters for there s impressions - moment. is the news came in we asked voters for there s impressions of - voters for there s impressions of the latest events at westminster. itjust needs stabilising, it needs sorting out and moving forward. i wouldn t vote conservative now, no. why not? because i don t feel we can trust them. the likely candidates include some very familiar faces, but labour says yet another change of prime minister should trigger a general election. the public are entitled to have their say, and that s why there should be a general election. we ll have all the news and analysis of the prime minister s resignation. also on this extended edition of bbc news at ten. people who work wit ....
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