Sam McBride
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783 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
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It was sent back to the High Court.
The High Court ruled on this in the early hours of Sunday morning to say, no, there is no legal problem with this whatsoever.
They have the right to march.
And so what we saw then was Michelle O'Neill denouncing judges.
Now, her pledge of office says that she has to support the rule of law, has to support the courts.
We now have full control of the Northern Ireland justice system devolved to Stormont.
That was not something which everybody signed up to at the time, but it is something that is there.
It's under the remit of the devolved system.
And then you had the first minister herself leading an illegal march.
police announcing over a Lloyd Healer, this is an illegal march, you're not allowed to be here, or rather a group of people in the street as an assembly, which was unlawful.
And the First Minister is there herself, organising it, encouraging people to be part of it.
Other Sinn Féin MLAs are part of this.
I mean, that is a very dangerous situation.
We may not like the courts, we might not like a decision, we might have our view this way or that way, but to have a government minister, the joint leader of this government, standing in defiance of what a court has decided...
I can't think of any precedent of that anywhere in the UK or Ireland.
I mean, going all the way back to the start of the 20th century, it's an extraordinary situation to have.
I thoroughly agree with what Alison says, that either party could walk out.
Gavin Robinson has said previously he will not pull down Stormont.
Now he might say if he does pull it down, that was in different circumstances.
He couldn't have envisaged this or whatever.
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