Naomi Long MLA @naomi_long@respublicae.eu

@pushbikebilly I have no desire to be at odds with anyone: however, when people make dangerous and outrageous slurs, I think it's entirely reasonable and necessary to challenge them.

Using terms like 'collaborators' is dangerous in a community where 'traitors' and 'Lundies' face real threat.

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@emeraldscribe21 @allianceparty It isn't? Reforming it to better serve society is one key policy.

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@LastO46128 @ballygawleyrdbt @allianceparty We're not playing. We want it to work. It currently doesn't and hasn't over 40% of the last 25 yrs.

Our reforms are to stop others playing games: abusing protections and vetoes, taking the ball away so no-one can participate.

PS. The context of Colin's tweet is not GFA reform.

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@CrothersAlwyn @allianceparty You've changed your tune: not that long ago, DUP and TUV supported reform...

And Alliance (or any other party) won't determine the constitutional future of NI: individual voters will.

Think about the impact of DUP actions on those people rather than seeking to blame others.

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@Frances38043486 @allianceparty Eh? You might need to be less cryptic, Frances. We've not shredded anything and who is the "someone" to whom you refer?

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@Hereweg77404901 @allianceparty I mean improve, yes. I also mean finish those things promised not yet delivered.

Both are explicit in our policy, so this isn't a "gotcha". We know what we're supporting and why.

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@rabdon1964 @allianceparty And what? You think there's a problem with improving things as society changes?

Are you sending your Tweets by pigeon?

Cooking your dinner over a fire?

The world turns. We live and learn. And we adapt. It's how we survive.

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@CrothersAlwyn @allianceparty You can. Sufficient consensus is the requirement. We had it without the DUP for the GFA. It existed with only the DUP and SF for St Andrew's.

Thankfully, It isn't up to you to decide whether the GFA is gone, but you might want to spend a moment reflecting on the alternatives...

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@drorfh @allianceparty I answered this elsewhere? Wrong thread, I think.

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It's time. Reform is not just an option: it's essential if the GFA is to not just survive but enable our society to thrive.

Let's use #GFA25 to look forward and unlock the full potential of an Agreement that transformed NI.

Read @allianceparty proposals: https://www.allianceparty.org/sharing_power_to_build_a_shared_future
RT @hayward_katy: ‘Protecting’ the #1998Agreement requires its co-guarantors to do more than merely prop it up.

'Sacred texts' are so not be…

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@drorfh @sinnfeinireland @SDLPlive @allianceparty @uuponline We haven't refused. I have consistently said we need a health-led, harm reduction approach as a criminal led approach won't work.

However, drugs policy is not devolved, and the UKG is not interested in any change.

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RT @allianceparty: The Windsor Framework presents significant opportunity for people and businesses in NI and without a functioning government we could stand to miss out, says @NickDMathison

It's time to look towards reform and a future without political vetoes.

Listen below 👇

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This is weapons-grade gaslighting from a man who never supported the GFA and championed the hardest possible Brexit.
RT @BelTel: DUP MP Sammy Wilson has claimed “all evidence shows” the EU is responsible for the political crisis in Northern Ireland, which has seen “the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement”. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/sammy-wilson-eu-responsible-for-nis-political-crisis-and-collapse-of-peace-agreement/563643114.html

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RT @KateNicholl: A teacher wrote to me last week begging that the Healthy Happy Minds programme be kept. “What does this say to children who feel they are alone and no one cares?”

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@BillyCo34910860 If more people shared her same commitment, we'd have all left NI and then voted for the single most destabilising act to affect the union in recent history. Not sure that's the win you think it is...

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@Davidkmcc @BelfastGonzo @CatharineHoey I respect people based on the substance of their character, not on titles.

You tug your forelock and doff your cap if you wish.

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@PeterAn96321133 @Stewart72240342 How is what I said insulting or rude?

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@CatharineHoey @StephenFarryMP What makes you think that? Perhaps - in fact, almost certainly - he can and did.

Just apologise for the ridiculous analogy and move on.

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@Jaygate Lol. Okay...

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RT @connieegan94: Letter from Dept of Education confirming funding for Healthy Happy Minds, Engage programme & holiday hunger payments will stop tomorrow - an absolute catastrophe.
Disgraceful that vulnerable children & young people are paying the price for lack of budget. We need an Executive now

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