Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has warned that her social gathering will resist any transfer by the British authorities to “power” identification playing cards on Irish residents in Northern Eire.
She dismissed it as a “ham-fisted” plan and stated no thought had been given to folks in Northern Eire when “it was first hatched”.
The Sinn Féin president was talking at an occasion hosted by her social gathering on the Labour social gathering convention in Liverpool.
McDonald stated the proposed “BritCard” was a “ludicrous proposition” and no authorities had the suitable to impose it on Irish residents.
She added that the suitable of “residents within the north to determine as Irish was enshrined within the Good Friday Settlement”.
“It is a non-runner and Keir Starmer ought to pause and rethink this plan,” she stated.
In her speech, the Sinn Féin president additionally accused the British and Irish governments of “burying their heads within the sand” over Irish unity.
She stated each governments entered into an settlement which dedicated to carry referendums and they need to now begin the preparations.
“It isn’t sustainable for the prime minister and taoiseach [Irish prime minister] to disregard the requires Irish unity any longer,” she added.
