Normally I am not fond of looking back over history as a way of making sense of the present; it’s too easy and often exercised at the expense of more, lengthy enquiry. But on a recent trip to Bucharest, I was struck by the similarities between the strategies used by the communist regime over seventy years ago to gain and maintain power, and those of Boris Johnson.
Read MoreSince the Good Friday Agreement was signed, peace has been maintained in Northern Ireland. But now, after twenty years of progress, Brexit has got people thinking and talking about the border again. This August I spent two days in Derry watching the Bogside Republican Youth building a bonfire. It was a stark reminder that while the majority of people value peace; there are those who would see a return to conflict.
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