The leader of the North's Alliance Party has claimed attempts at trying to bring Sinn Féin into government today in the North are untenable and has called on the British government to look at reviving devolution through a voluntary coalition government.
David Ford also insisted that the IRA had to disappear if Sinn Féin were to have any credibility in the political process.
The South Antrim Assembly member told delegates to his party's conference in Templepatrick, County Antrim: "I think it is time that Tony Blair reread the (Good Friday) Agreement.
"Nowhere does it use the word inclusivity, but it does lay out clear sanctions to be applied against parties and individuals defaulting on their obligations to end violence.
"By refusing to act, the Government is defying the Agreement. "When will the Government stop punishing every party for the defaults of one?
"Why is it that Tony Blair seems to demand inclusivity at the expense of integrity? Why is principle sacrificed to expediency time after time, when it just results in repeated failure?"
Mr Ford argued that devolution had to return to Northern Ireland so its politicians could tackle a range of problems for their constituents, but he said it had to be on sensible terms.
The old system of allocating ministries to unionists and nationalists under the D'Hondt formula was crude and had given power to parties refusing to co-operate with each other, he said.
Mr Ford said republicans remained equivocal in their attitude towards criminal activity, violence and the threat of violence.
A choice had to be made by republicans, Mr Ford insisted, about the future of the IRA.
It wasn't acceptable for the two arms of the movement - paramilitary and political - to continue as they are, he said.