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BBC NEWS | UK | Tense times for Northern Ireland

It is just like old times at Stormont with talk of deadlines, deadlock and dialogue.

Although the devolved administration may be in jeopardy, there is no apparent danger that the peace process - or the ceasefires - will collapse.

Indeed, the biggest threat comes not from the barrel of an IRA or loyalist gun, but, perhaps, from political complacency.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 03:09:13 PM EST
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imo political complacency beats the shit out of what was there in the 70s and 80s. I'm sure the BBC misses the bad old days of cheap headlines just an hours flight away, but people had to live in that news story and have a very different perspective on the advantages/disadvantates of then and now.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 04:38:07 PM EST
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Wankers. Just like old times would be mothers covered in their children's blood, not ugly men calling each other nasty names.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 02:55:14 AM EST
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