WAS it a Tory faux pas not inviting Mary Lou McDonald to the Protocol talks with the British Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State, or was it a deliberate insult to Sinn Féin and their voters?

I'm going for the latter. The Tories may think that they can crack a whip and Sinn Féin will get in to line and bow down to their will.

Dear Tories, I don't know if you have noticed, but we are off our knees and we are not going back down on them for you or the PUL community. 

William Gray

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