Tony Blair on restoring power-sharing to Stormont
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🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
US President Joe Biden, who boasts of his Irish heritage, was among those calling on the leaders of Northern Ireland to restore power-sharing in Stormont which is currently in deadlock.
This week, former US president Bill Clinton, who played a key role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland, will also be visiting Belfast.
But can the leaders of today demonstrate the bravery and pragmatism demonstrated by their predecessors in 1998?
On the Sky News Daily, Sky's senior Ireland correspondent David Blevins speaks to ex-prime minister Tony Blair, who was a driving force behind the Good Friday Agreement.
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| 1:00.1 | The significance of the Good Friday Agreement's 25th anniversary is obvious |
| 1:04.9 | by who's been here and what's been said. |
| 1:08.5 | Supporting the people of Northern Ireland, |
| 1:10.5 | protecting the peace, preserving the Belfast Good Friday Agreement |
| 1:13.2 | is a priority for Democrats and Republicans alike in the United States. |
| 1:18.1 | We had a visit from US President Joe Biden. |
| 1:21.0 | He encouraged politicians in Northern Ireland to restore power sharing, |
| 1:25.0 | addressed the Irish Parliament in Dublin, |
| 1:27.2 | and retraced his ancestral |
| 1:28.7 | roots. And now one of the driving forces behind the Good Friday Agreement Bill Clinton |
| 1:34.1 | is visiting too. He'll be addressing students alongside Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. |
| 1:40.0 | Senator George Mitchell, the man who brokered the historic compromise, will be in town too. |
| 1:46.4 | I'm David Blevins, Senior Ireland correspondent in Belfast, and this is the Sky News Daily. |
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