‘Sinn Fein are not fit to govern... yet the DUP governs with them’

Is Jonathan Buckley (DUP MLA, Upper Bann) for real?

The sentiment at the core of his letter – that SF/IRA is unfit for government – is unlikely to be disputed by reasonable and objective observers.

(‘Sinn Fein posture yet they escape their own murky past,’ Nov 1)

Therefore, my question for Mr Buckley is a simple one: Why do the DUP sustain SF/IRA in government?

Thomas Smyth, Belfast

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