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Belfast, 9 May 1921
Ulster will make no further concessions to find a solution to the Irish question, James Craig has stated during a speech at a Unionist Party meeting.
National Portrait Gallery UK and Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
James Craig (left) and Éamon de Valera (right).
Cork, 16 May 1921
The British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, has indicated that he is willing to meet with Sinn Féin president, Éamon de Valera, without any preconditions, adding that it is the only way that a settlement can be reached.
Illustrated London News, 16 April 1921
The Conservatives continue to disregard evidence in their attempts to develop education policy. During the coalition government I worked relentlessly with the Liberal Democrats to push back this tide of ignorance. I helped to get Gove, Truss and Gibb removed from their roles and replaced with ministers who listened to evidence; we established the pupil premium; and we set up the Chartered College of Teaching to nurture professionalism and representation in teaching. But the tide came crashing in in 2015. Instead of listening to our schools, Mark Jenkinson MP has copied the actions of Michael Gove and sent them books. His comments last week about schools reopening were a wonderful opportunity for him to demonstrate some insight into the issues teachers are facing just now but he didn’t do that – presumably because he isn’t listening and he doesn’t know.