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And perhaps also, Barry, the Public Order Act, 1936, as amended and then re-enacted. There are some very worrying comparisons between 1936 and 2016 in European history, extreme right and left political parties being just one, economic crisis, weak democratic political parties, high unemployment... I could go on.

The result was to be seen in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and, of course, Germany. We would do well to reflect on that and to keep the temperature of this debate as low as we possibly can. Above all we have to respect and accept the decisions of the courts, whether we like them or not. The press does not help in string up trouble in the way it has.