There must be radical changes before next year. We must also criticise the behaviour of some loyalists. The tactics of some have been abysmal. Those on the Garvaghy Road who are responsible for creating the problem and whose intransigence is prolonging it are probably the only ones pleased. Thanks to Alister Graham they need do nothing and so will do nothing.
Government has to resume the responsibilities it has abdicated.
It must also show that full respect for civil and cultural rights and parity of esteem for the identity and ethos of the community are not just empty words, but have real meaning for the largest cultural organisation in Northern Ireland. These rides can look alright in theory, when you're on the ground looking at them. When it does, you tighten your grip and keep your nerve. Eleven years ago this party set itself the task of repairing the damage done to the Union by the Anglo-Irish Agreement and Direct Rule. Specifically in the 1987 election manifesto we set ourselves the objective of negotiating an alternative to and a replacement for the Diktat.