Northern Ireland: Security Situation Debate
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Baroness Hoey
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Northern Ireland: Security Situation
Baroness Hoey ExcerptsMonday 21st January 2019
(5 years, 10 months ago)
Commons ChamberRead Full debate European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 3) Bill 2017-19 View all European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 3) Bill 2017-19 Debates Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab)
The Secretary of State has welcomed, as we all welcome, the overwhelming condemnation of this dreadful car bombing. I also welcome her clear statement that no one can make Brexit an excuse. We all have to be careful about the words we use in Northern Ireland, so will she use this opportunity to say that she regrets talking about border polls in the context of Brexit? Her comments were condemned by Alex Kane, a very eminent journalist who writes for newspapers on both sides of community, as
“both stupid and deliberately provocative”.
Karen Bradley
He was talking about rumours and supposition; I have never spoken about any of those matters in public.