Unionists have had their own state

Gregory Campbell (March 24) stated, 'Catholic and Protestant working-class communities faced the same disadvantage, the same discrimination and the same lack of opportunities.'

The crucial difference is that for almost 100 years Protestant unionist people have had their own state and their national freedom as British subjects under British sovereignty in this so-called part of the United Kingdom.

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At the same time they have denied ‘minority’ Irish people in Northern Ireland their right to national freedom as part of the sovereign Irish nation.

Malachy Scott, Belfast BT15

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