May the path to Irish unity be a long one indeed

Shortly after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985, this unionist was suspended by the Northern Ireland Civil Service for penning a letter of protest which went straight to Sir Kenneth Bloomfield.

Last Monday night, on Ulster Television’s show ‘The View from Stormont’, he suggested that we might see a United Ireland in his lifetime.

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Letter to the editor

He is 87 years of age.

I hope he lives as long as Methuselah.

Alan Carson, Belfast BT5, founder of the pro-union Mainstream social media group

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