A GOOD OMEN ? Letter to the Irish Times 12 JUNE 2010 by Donal Kennedy

Madam

I’m not normally superstitious but I don’t think a visit from the British monarch bodes well for citizens within the Irish State’s jurisdiction.

Consider her form.

She was visiting Kenya when she succeeded to her office.

Within eight years her hangmen had despatched 1,100 Kikuyu to their Maker, after trial by Her Majesty’s judges in that colony.

Thousands more Kenyans were murdered, tortured , held in concentration camps and enslaved by her agents.

And the runway at Nairobi Airport was built by the slave labour of her Majesty’s  African prisoners .

Some of Her Majesty’s loyal servants transferred the skills they used in Kenya to other lands.

Her Majesty has often visited the North of Ireland where those loyal servants’ skills  were repeatedly employed and are remembered without fondness.

What strange fruit  can the Republic’s population hope to enjoy  from a Royal visit?

Yours faithfully

Donal Kennedy

London  

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