A green deal, says Robinson

The DUP MP, Mr Peter Robinson, denounced the agreement as signalling a "seamless and progressive process leading to a united …

The DUP MP, Mr Peter Robinson, denounced the agreement as signalling a "seamless and progressive process leading to a united Ireland". He said the agreement was "republican-green" and much worse than the Sunningdale Agreement, the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the Framework Document. "Mssrs Trimble, Irvine and McMichael would seek to con the Ulster people into believing that the Union is now safe."

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