"Sinn Fein are trying to
ride two horses at once," said John Barry, professor of politics at Queen's University Belfast.
But, as was once said, if you can't
ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be part of a circus.
The lawyer said it was the "worst decision of his life" and that he was trying to "
ride two horses at once".
Speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool he said: "You cannot
ride two horses at once. Especially if the two horses are as far apart as violence and democracy." Dr Reid accepted republicans were committed to a united Ireland through democracy.
He said: "You cannot continue to
ride two horses at once. Especially if the two horses are as far apart as violence and democracy."
"Of course it was disappointing to miss a Hennessy winner, but you can't
ride two horses at once and maybe this will be our turn.