He did a damn sight more to keep the peace process on the road, not least when it came to keeping his own faction from fracturing, than many a Downing Street politician. It's always worth remembering that there were TWO factions involved in the Troubles and it's also worth remembering why the soldiers were sent in in the first place (it's notable that both Theresa May and John Major neglected to include that context in their remarks). Conflict is ugly and he was involved in ugly things, as were the Brits and the Loyalists. But he deserves a lot of credit and it's to be hoped that the next generation of politicians in Northern Ireland will take inspiration from the amazing and constructive relationship between McGuinness and Dr Paisley. We are not there yet by a long chalk and there's a lot of hard work still to be done. It needs people with his same vision.