Jeffrey Donaldson was on the Nolan Show yesterday, telling us all that they want more talks.This is the day after his Great Leader , Peter has already told us all that the local government is not “fit for purpose”. So how will more talks improve it in any way? The reason we are really in this position is because every time talks reached a logical conclusion the DUP walked away or stuck their heads in the sand … or had a new set of talks or have a “Petition of Consent” to block a logical conclusion. They try to pretend otherwise , but it’s there right in front of your eyes.You don’t even need faith…just the ability to look and see.
As Jack Nicholson’s character said in “A Few Good Men” : “Some people can’t handle the truth”. Sadly it is a bald fact. The best minds on the planet will not change that sad conclusion . They might go into a room with Albert Einstein but when they leave, Albert would be shaking his head in abject wonder ….the horror! Mr Haass came to the same answer .We’ll never see his like again. Every time the summer ends and the holiday is over , the DUP flags up another piece of theatrical nonsense for the Autumn months. Last year Peter came up with the Maze project ban. That kept the argument raging as the days cooled.An alternative would have been to accept the investment potential and suck up as much money as was offered .They allowed that to be derailed .Had it gone through , most of us would have forgotten about it by now and a lot of people would have jobs on the back of it..
Jeffrey also told Nolan that it was because of their great leadership that we had a peaceful summer .The Chief Constable said so, apparently. So does that mean that all that violence from the year before was because of their poor leadership that year? Most of us thought so at the time. Does this also mean that the DUP can turn this tap on and off when it suits them? Well most of us think that too, don’t we?
What we are now looking at is Joint Rule. It is the only thing that they’ll get. They’ll never get London to take back this stinking kettle of fish on their own. Especially with Scotland bubbling away in the stew. They’ve been steering us all in this direction with their “graduated response” for months.There’ll be no Direct Rule . What they want is for Dublin and London to take the reins. That way they’ll be back in their comfort zone of having someone to blame, rather than being blamed themselves for a poor performance. They’ll also have the Bogey Man of Dublin to stir up the street troops.That’s the kind of thing that galvanised them in the past. A new “Ulster Says No” campaign would fire up the unionist population again.The wilder fringes of loyalism and the fuzzier fringes of the OUP would have something to rally around again. All together again …just like the good old days. All that’s needed is a charismatic nutcase to get up and bellow and blow paranoia up the arses of the baaing sheep . They need a wolf. A firebrand to howl at the moon for them.
There’s bound to be one of those hanging about in the wings waiting to take to the stage.
Agreed Jude, it is Unionists’ breath taking and perennial sense of entitlement and grievance that I find so nauseous. They are such a small minded and dispiriting bunch. Anyway, a touch of direct Dublin/London rule (with US monitors) is what it will take to shine a glare on the intransigence of the Unionist political class. They stood shoulder to shoulder with a Catholic murderer and his ilk without the slightest hint of irony (as they have always done), rather than concede to Mr. Hass’s copiously revised panderings. What an insult to all right thinking people. Then they and T.Villiers have the timerity to equate a principled position adopted by the Nationalist parties in respect of welfare reform with Unionist siding with Orange agitators and U.V.F hardmen. Most depressing.
And Jim Allister enters stage left!
Michael,
Indeed – if Stormont power-sharing broke-down, Jim “I am the law” Allister would almost certainly try to position himself as the Paisley MkII voice of the ‘Ulster Says No’ mob.
There is some poetic irony that Joint Rule from Dublin and London could effectively mean that the Unionist cause will be in the hands of a British government that despises them and would hand this failed statlet back in the blink of an eye (quicker if possible). I never agree with anything Alex Kane writes, but his recent article in the unionist propaganda peddling Belfast Telegraph pretty much admits its a game over.
Sinn Fein will be controlling the pace of change and reintegration, either in Peters precious Stormontbunker when Marty takes over or when Sinn Fein enters government in the south.
The writing is on the wall. The only problem is the poorly educated loyalists who can’t read.
Some pretty scathing stuff on Peter Robinson from Brian John Spencer over at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/brian-john-spencer/peter-robinson-no-longer-_b_5801090.html
Hey ….BJS doesn’t pull any punches , does he? A spade is a spade is a spade,,,,!
What a parcel of rogues in the nation Robbie Burns
Robinson making no effort to speak in advance with his Co-first minister, before announcing his plans to collapse the institutions is symptomatic of Unionism and its irrational lack of respect for their Catholic neighbours. President McAleese’s comments immediately spring to mind. It was ever thus.
It was said years ago that if it weren’t for Loyalists and Unionists needing ‘protection’ from Republicans Britain would have wiped its hands of the North long long ago. The only thing ‘forcing’ them to hold on to the six counties was Republicanism, the IRA who were in essence protecting Catholic enclaves and good ol Ian Paisley, those damn scoundrels threatening the good British people of Northern Ireland. Even in secret documents brought to light by Freedom Of Information the British Government stated that Catholics are living in slums and poverty while Protestants hand the pick of jobs, houses and pretty much everything else in between, Catholics in retrospect were literally second class citizens.
Is it so Ironic that Britain wants as little to do with this little statelet as possible and the sooner a thirty two country republic comes to fruition the sooner Britain can wash its hands of the North.
Harry,
I find your blog posts so comprehensive on the particular subject-matter that it’s usually unnecessary to add anything to them… keep up the good work 🙂
P.s. I was heartened to hear two Unionists tell Nolan they had enough of the DUP and indeed one advised he intended voting Sinn Féin. Oh how times are a-changing. The train is pulling out of the station and the DUP seem unable to catch it.