“I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in a sense, the tendency throughout politics in Northern Ireland, is to always look back, always look at what was said a long time ago, instead of looking forward.” LooksLongHas BeensSaidTakenRecordsLong TimeTendenciesJudgedIrelandLooking ForwardLong Time AgoNorthern Ireland Author:Peter Hain
“My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me.” StatesJobsProcessDeterminedIrelandSecretaryNorthern Ireland Author:Peter Hain
“There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.” SupportBuildingNuclearIslandsStationsIrelandNuclear Power Author:Peter Hain
“The big missing part of the jig-saw is to get the assembly back up and running here in Northern Ireland, to get shared government back in business, that is my objective, and we await the IRA statement to see if this will trigger a new dawn.” IfsBigsGovernmentRunningSawsMissingStatementsObjectivesDawnIrelandTriggersAssemblyNorthern IrelandIra Author:Peter Hain
“We'll be launching the new public prosecution service in Northern Ireland tomorrow. I'll be doing it in Belfast tomorrow. This is an entirely new era, in which criminal justice now exercised on an equal basis, not the old basis in which community division was a feature.” CommunityJusticeTomorrowEqualBasesCriminalsErasFeaturesDivisionIrelandCriminal JusticeNew EraProsecutionLaunchingNorthern IrelandBelfast Author:Peter Hain
“When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice.” PeopleLooksDoneValuesOpportunitySocialEnjoyWaterJusticeEqualSocial JusticeDrivenRadicalReformThemeConsistentAgendasIrelandDogmaEqual OpportunityNorthern Ireland Author:Peter Hain
“You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland, that's what they expect from me and I'm not going to be deflected by interesting academic or media speculation or attempts to take the whole debate back.” PeopleWholeJobsInterestingMediaMinesDebateAcademicIrelandSpeculationNorthern Ireland Author:Peter Hain
