Naomi Long MLA @naomi_long@respublicae.eu

But that wasted time costs.

We can't afford it.

We need to be allowed to get back to work. Now.

No more excuses. No more delays.
RT @SJAMcBride: "At this stage" are the key words here. DUP still very far from ruling out going into Stormont while the Windsor Framework is in place. I think they're still likely to end up back in Stormont - albeit probably not for months.

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@TeamUnion_UK They did invest here? Now other investment, destined for GB, might make more sense to locate in NI given the unique position of dual access.

American business people get this. We have an opportunity. We need to get on with it.

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RT @EoinTennyson: Let’s drop the pretence. The support of people and business for the Windsor Framework is clear. It seems the seven-tests, five-point plan and eight-person panel all pale in comparison to your fear of the one seat wonder. Reckless and a total abdication of leadership.

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@David_MSLSC You are: that cannot change without a referendum,thanks to the GFA.

You also have access to the EU market and GB market with all the economic benefits it could bring.

You need to know when you're winning.

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@ConservTrav23 @BorderSolution_ @stewartcdickson He was. It's a matter of record. And it does not look like encouragement: it said simply that he was not out of control, as he was shown not to be when he was disciplined.

He also apologised and stepped down from Party Executive when this happened >6 years ago.

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@BorderSolution_ @ConservTrav23 @stewartcdickson I'm not unblocking and reblocking you? I've more to do.

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@David_MSLSC As a unionists, you should be careful what you wish for...

There's a history of unionism walking away from deals only to end up with a worse one.

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@unit2plus4 He doesn't have a clue: that's the real problem.

Taking this deal would require leadership which is sadly lacking.

It's their leadership that doesn't cut the mustard on this one.

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@BorderSolution_ @ConservTrav23 @stewartcdickson You might want to withdraw that accusation/example: David was disciplined for his remarks under my leadership. Saying I encouraged such is both factually incorrect and deliberately misleading.

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@BillyA424 @chhcalling Yes, we were on both counts.

The DUP also consistently did so but now have run away from their own manifesto.

As for the ad hominem, it says way more about you than us...

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@Boohoofoo @chhcalling It never has before? And a majority of the public in the most recent survey support reform of the structures.

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@workmansflopera It looks like the green benches in the @HouseofCommons that it's been stuck to - that or one of the other green leather upholstered benches on the estate.

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@eye_business They rarely are.

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@Frances38043486 @chhcalling Yes. Many times. A fact to which @JulianSmithUK and @simoncoveney can attest.

Had they done as we asked, it wouldn't now be collapsed again.

We also called for reform before then. So did the DUP btw.

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@TrevorLunnLV You'd welcome it but my recollection is it would punch a major hole in Jeffrey's case.

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A grown-ass man treating the future of NI, its devolved institutions, and its people as one big joke.

Nothing new, but I wonder if those struggling to pay their bills, to see a doctor, to deliver our public services, or save their businesses are laughing? I doubt it.

#Shameless
RT @christopherhope: NEW DUP MP Ian Paisley Jnr is sporting specially-made stickers saying that the "Northern Ireland Windsor Framework Protocol Doesn't Cut The Mustard", echoing his verd…

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RT @SteveDonnelly95: If destructive behaviour is indulged then the cycle of ransom politics will persist.

It’s time cooperation and sharing were encouraged over veto and self-interest.

We want all with a mandate to govern to be governing - but if some choose not to, let those who will work do so.

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@d_lockets @chhcalling None of those are true. Three for three misses.

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RT @EoinTennyson: The rest of us are bemused that Jim Allister is 1.1% of MLAs and is given an inordinate amount of media attention.

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I bet those 8 people asked to advise on the Framework are pleased to know their views are so valued and carry such weight...

Time for @chhcalling to stop tying himself in knots try to coax the DUP back to work: reform the institutions now and let the rest of us get on with it.
RT @christopherhope: NEW This is hugely significant.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has told the ERG today that the DUP will not rejoin power-sharing in Northern Ireland, Tory MPs say.

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