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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Anchorman on August 03, 2020, 09:38:07 AM

Title: John Hume, peacemaker.
Post by: Anchorman on August 03, 2020, 09:38:07 AM
 A genuinely committed politician, committed to peace, John Hume, has died. https://www.itv.com/news/2020-08-03/john-hume-former-sdlp-leader-nobel-peace-prize-winner-dies?fbclid=IwAR2KS0nNzpyzVR9ZKs5K71c0HMHIU-oyELe3IZ3KZKwIHYcpVZE-AWlWsTI
Title: Re: John Hume, peacemaker.
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 03, 2020, 09:54:56 AM
Quote from: Anchorman on August 03, 2020, 09:38:07 AM
A genuinely committed politician, committed to peace, John Hume, has died. https://www.itv.com/news/2020-08-03/john-hume-former-sdlp-leader-nobel-peace-prize-winner-dies?fbclid=IwAR2KS0nNzpyzVR9ZKs5K71c0HMHIU-oyELe3IZ3KZKwIHYcpVZE-AWlWsTI
And 7 months or so after the death of Seamas Mallon.
Title: Re: John Hume, peacemaker.
Post by: Anchorman on August 03, 2020, 10:38:52 AM
Probably one of the things which marked him as genuine was the fact that he sacrificed his own party in the struggle to achieve the peace settlement - and knowing full well that this would be the result, he did it nevertheless.
Title: Re: John Hume, peacemaker.
Post by: Roses on August 03, 2020, 01:32:22 PM
I must admit I don't remember him, but having just seen the the lunchtime news, and all Hume appears to have achieved he seemed like one of the good guys.
Title: Re: John Hume, peacemaker.
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 03, 2020, 04:03:01 PM
Quote from: Littleroses on August 03, 2020, 01:32:22 PM
I must admit I don't remember him, but having just seen the the lunchtime news, and all Hume appears to have achieved he seemed like one of the good guys.
The most significant driver for the 'peace' we have in NI. You read the tributes in the summary here from the breadth of people, and they are all genuine.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44753271
Title: Re: John Hume, peacemaker.
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 03, 2020, 10:55:16 PM

Good article

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/john-hume-understood-the-reality-of-the-northern-irish-people?fbclid=IwAR0oMBaxe3j2PEHxsrVFiz-lXbUsnN7Err1LUsGL-DFCjbGgd71qBI76wTw