I have made it quite clear — and so did Mr Prior when he was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — that a unified Ireland was one solution. That is out. A second solution was confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out. That is a derogation from sovereignty.
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Press conference after an Anglo-Irish summit (19 November 1984). "Mr Prior" is James Prior.Margaret Thatcher
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