In doing so they highlighted the tension with northern white liberals. The latter were more content focusing on the racial segregation in the deep south whilst ignoring racial discrimination across the spectrum of social activity on their doorstep. See #JonathanEig biog #King

Next Monday, 1st December is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks arrest on the Montgomery Bus Boycott & which kicked off the US Civil Rights movement. This isn't a criticism but it's not the talkin' but the doin' that does it! Please keep me posted.

I think any campaign would have to be laser focused on the institution, demanding a new anti-sectarian, secular democratic settlement.

But who'd be interested in having such discussions to see if a campaign had potential legs?

The latter could be used to build a consensus for change. The unity of 'catholic, protestant & dissenter' calls for action, not acquiescence. Ask - what would the men and women of 1798 be doing now?

My poorly made point was that the GFA institutionalised sectarianism & you'd mentioned citizens assemblies.

Oh Claire, I absolutely did! It's a book bursting with hope and ideas to build on the legacy of 1798. It was so refreshing. Maurice McCartney identifies one of the main blockages and you've spotted a mechanism for change. Hope for the future!

I hope the Democrats Long March back to power isn't as long as Mao Zedong's!

Oh, I thought #KemiBadenoch no longer identified as being #LOTO