Former US president says the example of Northern Ireland admired across the world

Garzon was once admired across the political spectrum in Spain for heading investigations against the Basque separatist group ETA.

He had lobbied many world governments -including a fierce showdown with Ronald Reagan -and his activism was fondly admired across the globe.

Torsten Bell, a former Treasury adviser who was admired across the party's factional divides for his ferocious attention to detail, stress-tested the plan for legality.