Sinn Fein in the run up to the first of the IRA’s ceasefires continually demanded that the British government champion a United Ireland. It was never likely to come to pass, but it usefully kept the opposition on the back foot.
It seems the DUP have learned a thing or two themselves as their leader calls for the disbandment of Sinn Fein, not simply the IRA. Or was it, as some have speculated, a distancing marker between the traditional view of the party leader and what some see as the more progressive wing?
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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