Member

It must be said that all eight unionists who are here tonight have served in the Northern Ireland Assembly in some capacity or other. Some have served as Ministers, and I do want to say this. I recall a prominent SDLP Member saying at the time, “All the unionists have to do is take one hard swallow and everything will be fine”. It was like medicine going down—it is not nice to take, but when you get it in, it will start to cure you. We were told, “That will be the hardest decision you have ever had to take in your life, and all the difficult decisions are now made, and get on with it”. My, if it was just as simple as that, we probably would be getting on with it.