Gerry is the new Maggie

We wonder if, as Gerry Adams crafted his seemingly significant direct appeal to the IRA to give up violence, it gave him particular pleasure to organise the speech around the negation of Maggie Thatcher's famous catchphrase "There is no alternative":

In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.

Now there is an alternative.