i have never personalised it, it was never about bringing down peter robinson, it was about winning forhey wanted to bring you down, because the unionist parties all clubbed together five years later to get to it, but they successfully did. do they tell you, and you have talked about being late night on twitter when you shouldn't be, i suspect they think there are a traitor, don't they? they think you protrude you roots, that you are actually helping sinn fein to success, because you are not helping them. in northern ireland, this desire that we all have to take a side is pretty strong, and the local terminology is a londy, which harks back to the siege of derry. i get that sewing at me occasionally. what i do i do for my community, because i believe that the opportunities northern ireland can have as a peaceful place, and work together instead of pulling apart, are so much greater than the opportunities we have with division. and it isn't to dismiss the past, it matters and we have to deal with that and in a way that has integrity, and i don't excuse what the ira did and i certainly do

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robinson is a man for all seasons. and i want to thank you and and peter. for being the giants which i stand to to make my my pitch for jackie robinson, i would like to point out that my introduction to the new book was largely derived from bill rodens work and peter golombach's work. so i am honored to be in their company. they are true giants and the giant in dodger uniform is jackie robinson. he is unquestionably the most transformative athlete of the 20th century. he was a four-letter man. a uniquely at ucla and ironically baseball was probably his weakest sport. football being his best. nevertheless because of the barriers racial barriers deeply embedded in american culture. jackie was unable to join major league baseball until he was a very old rookie at 27 playing for montreal and the dodgers one year later. jackie presented a an image of moderation for the first two years but in 1949. branch ricky remove the reins and jackie had a season to remember unmatched by many other ball players in the hall of fame. he hit 342. he knocked in over 120 runs. he