The silence from Micháel Martin and Simon Harris was deafening as Burnham tried to wipe a border poll out of the agenda… that was very significant. If this country ever needed a republican voice, north and south, there is but one party. Andy Burnham copper fastened that role for Sinn Fein as he attempted to railroad a border poll out of the Good Friday Agreement. His comments in Belfast on Thursday were totally wrong and we have to wonder why the Labour Party Prime Minister is totally at odds with the legacy of Tony Blair or indeed Gordon Brown. Despite one cynical comment by Andy Burnham, he knows that the rules of the Good Friday Agreement cannot be rewritten. But, surely, the same can be said about FF and FG. After all, it’s close to three decades since the Good Friday Agreement and a Border poll was enshrined therein.
