I’ve written a lot about what unionists should do to help strengthen the Union with Northern Ireland.
Top of the list is obviously securing much-needed changes to the Protocol before it turns the Province into an economic satrapy of the EU. Then there’s Westminster’s need to get to grips with its actual obligations under the Belfast Agreement, rather than the never-ending wish-list dreamed up by Dublin that Theresa May signed up to. After that, there’s the new UK Internal Market Act 2021, which authorises Westminster to make top-up investment in areas normally reserved for the devolved assemblies.
But for a while, I have had a sneaking suspicion that there may a task even more important than that, and over the past month, I have convinced myself of it. If we want people in Great Britain to care about Northern Ireland, we need them to visit Northern Ireland. So, I did just that.
The Antrim coast, which I visited with a couple of friends earlier this month, is basically a secret Cornwall
The Antrim coast, which I visited with a couple of friends earlier this month, is basically a secret Cornwall.
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