Cormac Lucey

So I do think we have to honour our own beliefs.

I'm not quite sure, I'm not sufficiently familiar with the detail of the trading bill, but we've got a very difficult path to thread.

Well, I think we can limit the Overseas Territories Bill to goods.

I'm not quite sure why services need to be brought into it.

I think the world is moving against Israel on this.

Donald Trump cutting a deal with Iran that cuts out Israel is a signal of that.

So I think we may have more room for manoeuvre on this question than is generally believed.

OK, Mary, you wanted to come in there.

He certainly does.

Now, he's looking more at the reaction to the violent attack on Monday evening rather than that attack itself.

And he's making a number of really important points, I thought.

One was that even though that attack took place in a nationalist area, all of the violent reactions have been taking place in loyalist areas.

And he makes a really telling point that doesn't get much attention in the article.

This is one of the strongholds of the Ulster Volunteer Force.

So what struck me watching television coverage of these events on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings was...

were that rioters setting fire to homes knew and seemed to know in advance where non-nationals were living.

And that suggested to me that there may have been some pre-planning behind these attacks.

And that coupled with the fact that these were taking place in loyalist areas would make me, you know, if I were the...

The security minister in Northern Ireland, I'd be asking the chief constable, what intelligence do you have?

It's very convenient to scapegoat Elon Musk and social media.