That would pose interesting questions about how much longer the DUP's non-aggression pact with Lady Sylvia Hermon might be sustained.
Among the novelties this election has thrown up, thanks to the non-aggression pact between the two parties, is Britain's first fixed-term parliament.
Nor is there much pressure from big shareholders to increase profits: the cross-shareholdings of the keiretsu come with an implicit non-aggression pact.
And yet, the results of the Non-Aggression Pact and its secret protocol live on while the Nazi-Soviet Trade Agreement holds lessons to this day.
The insidiousness of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Trade Agreement was not limited to the essential role it played in laying the groundwork for the Non-Aggression Pact.
The 1939 Nazi-Soviet Trade Agreement was concluded just four days prior to the signing of the Non-Aggression Pact and was the essential precursor to the latter accord.
The Non-Aggression Pact and its secret Protocol were signed on 23 August 1939, along the lines of the Soviet-proposed draft and after only a few hours of discussion.
Indeed, the very week the Non-Aggression Pact was signed, senior British and French military delegations were in Moscow discussing the details of military action to be taken jointly against Nazi aggression.
Moreover, a resumption of hostilities with the government is in the Tories' political interests: their non-aggression pact with Mr Brown allowed him to become the hero of the financial crisis while dodging any blame for it.
While less well understood, the Non-Aggression Pact is also relevant to the contemporary international environment because it was in considerable measure the product of a German-Soviet commercial relationship that is structurally similar to current FRG-Soviet trade and financial relations.
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