Here’s a topic i meant to write about on the anniversary of the Good friday agreement in April last year.
There has been other developments particularly the Sinn Féin ard fheis (party conference ) in November where they seem to have abandoned the principle of a United Ireland.
Well the leadership have anyway.
A United Ireland was once the main plank of the party but not since they signed up to Good Friday agreement… partition stays in so many words. I have heard the Good Friday Agreement described as a “False Peace” a agreement made by bribing one side to accept unacceptable conditions lies and half truths.
The bribery seems to be more recent now . They say a border poll within 10 years but they said that in 2014, who believes them now ?
“Plum ” jobs in the British administration seem to be order of the day.
Back to Irish times poll which says most protestants would reject a United Ireland (79%) while only 55% of Catholics would support it. There is no campaigning at this stage.
Despite this poll the British administration will not allow a vote and run a country mile from one.
One could debate whether a six county vote is valid anyway ! It’s a gerrymander of the highest order leaving the most northerly part of Ireland in the “south” and ejecting the counties of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan cos they would be too many Catholics.
Its a fact that Ireland didn’t join this union of its own free will. William Pitt then British prime minster (in 1801)bribed Irish parliament members to vote for it thus abolishing their parliament which has to be said was pretty unrepresented of the Irish people anyway.
Bribery is not new isn’t it.
