Thank you very much Rev(?) Ian Paisley. Just for a little while it really looked as if we might see a full in peace deal between republicans and protestants in Northern Ireland. I can't believe that this odious bigot has allowed the whole thing to founder over a demend for photographs of IRA decommissioning.
Surely the word of two churchmen and The International Independent Commission on Decommissioning, which is a body recognised by both sides in this process, should have been adequate. Mr Paisley, it was within your gift to deliver to the whole of Northern Ireland the best imaginable Christmas present.
You blew it.