Those who follow Northern affairs diligently and, outside the professionals they are becoming fewer- had a little laugh this week. Sinn FΘin President Gerry Adams was castigating David Trimble for bringing down Stormont. Yet for 20 years, the Shinners catchphrase was "Smash Stormont".
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