Equal sovereignty is the only solution

Ben Lowry (January 14) put his finger on the cause of the British-Irish conflict in Northern Ireland.

He stated that the DUP and Sinn Fein are both, to some degree, Ulster nationalists – “albeit one group wanting to be so under the umbrella of a united Ireland and the other wanting to live under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom”.

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In short, British sovereignty over Irish people is the cause of the conflict.

Irish sovereignty over Ulster-British people would not be tolerated.

Equal sovereignty is the only just solution.

Malachy Scott, Belfast BT15

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