Colum Eastwood quips that he looks forward to cutting ribbon of Sammy Wilson tribute statue in a new united Ireland

Derry MP Colum Eastwood has quipped that he looks forward to cutting the ribbon on a new statue of tribute to Sammy Wilson in a future united Ireland.
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The SDLP leader claimed the East Antrim MP and his party had, through their support of a hard Brexit, inadvertently persuaded many people in the north to consider voting for the reunification or Ireland.

"I have to say that I was interested listening to the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) talk about the value of the Union as if no other country in the world was investing in businesses and people at this very difficult time.

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"Of course they are doing it in the Republic of Ireland in a very generous way as well. I know he is no longer in his place, but I have heard a proposal, for after a new Ireland comes into place, for a statue to be erected to him for all the work he is doing to encourage the people of Northern Ireland to vote for a very different constitutional future. I look forward to cutting the ribbon on it, and maybe Sammy will join us," he said.