Former taoiseach tells Commons committee that UK, EU and DUP need to ditch red lines to make lasting deal
If politicians could persuade the IRA to drop their arms in 1998, then how to end the Brexit dispute overStressing that “compromise” and political leadership was needed,
“That we can’t find a way of working out how to get sausages and rashers in the internal market working, it’s beyond comprehension. I think there has to be a solution that is unique to Northern Ireland.” His comments came as Rishi Sunak held phone talks with the Irish taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, over the protocol and legacy legislation in the UK, proposing an amnesty for historic crimes during the Troubles.
He recalled the bravery of the leaders in both nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, led by the now deceased John Hume and David Trimble, and he reminded MPs on the committee that the compromises they made were successful because they led to the end of violence.They decided back in 1998 that the deal “was not perfect but it was fair”, he said. “That was a brave move by them all.
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