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Old 06-28-2017, 08:59 AM   #229
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Part of Sinn Fein's insistence on an Irish language act stems from promises made by Tony Blair's government. Even the DUP now admits that the British government conned Sinn Fein with false promises of a language act at a later date. This is what Peter Robinson recalled of Ian Paisley's feelings when he found out what the government had done.

“It was Ian’s assessment – and in my view an accurate one – that if the government was prepared to con Sinn Féin in the way it did, they would be prepared to do the same to us.”

He revealed how “in later life Martin McGuinness and I often spoke about the different, inexact and misleading messages we were given during earlier negotiations with the Blair government "

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