Do we really want pro union voices?
As a 24-year old I had a boss who was a great mentor to me. I was a young East Belfast Protestant and he was a 40-year old veteran of the Civil Rights movement and a staunch republican from Andersonstown. We agreed about very little politically and frequently had heated arguments on the issues of the day (it was 1986/87) and on the constitutional issue. Yet I revered him as both advisor and friend and he treated me as a …