this may not big big news on this side of the pond (what with the earth shattering anna nicole autopsy news), but a huge thing has happened in the seemingly never-to-get-off-the-ground peace process towards a devolved government in northern ireland. from the guardian:
Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sat side by side yesterday to announce they had reached agreement to share power from May 8 in a devolved Northern Ireland government.
The appearance together of arch-enemies - delegations from the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin - in a televised statement at the end of a meeting in Stormont constitutes a watershed in the province's politics.
The private negotiating session, lasting little more than an hour, was the first time the two parties had held direct talks. It enabled both sides to issue statements pledging political cooperation and the start of a new and peaceful era.
now all that's left is to see if paisley (who was so wonderfully referred to as an irish cross between jerry falwell and newt gingrich - thanks meg!) actually keeps up his end of the agreement for once. here's keeping my fingers crossed for ulster and greater ireland.
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Haha, you're obvi welcome!
But if my Northern Irish politics teacher ever heard me say that, she might ...
... wait, she was an idiot. She probably doesn't care about American politics. Bank!
Not to say that those people who don't care about American politics are idiots. Sometimes I envy them.
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