evidence: Brian Walker has written an impassioned plea for a fresh start under a new Labour government in London and changed leadership in Dublin. While better British Irish relations will be helpful, we also have to look at what has to change within Northern Ireland itself. [...] It is the perception of unionists as primarily takers rather than contributors that we have to change – takers from the British exchequer and goodwill, and takers from the potential peace and prosperity of the island of Ireland as a whole.