No one knows better than he that what ­politicians downplayed as “The Troubles” was in reality a bloody, bitter, 30-year civil war which cost thousands of lives. And no one knows better how easily the balance could tip from uneasy harmony into another violent conflict. The path he is embarking on is one of negligence bordering on the criminal. Mr Johnson chooses not to hear them. But there is still time to listen to the warnings from Mr Powell, who knows Northern Ireland far better than him.

Source: Daily Mirror September 12, 2020 21:45 UTC