There was plenty of rain in London yesterday, but the day will be remembered for the end of the long reign of Queen Elizabeth. Does her death lead Britain into a dodgy period? And was her visit to the south of Ireland in 2011, when she visited the Garden of Remembrance, a game-changeer?
Meanwhile, Liz Truss has appointed a couple of hard-line Brexiteers to NEI. What’s she up to? Sending in the tough guys so the EU will know she means business? Or maybe placating the DUP that she cares as much about the protocol as they do.
Your heart is no doubt heavy and your armband black, but lift your thought-level by pressing the triangle….
I feel the North Korea analogy is a slightly simplistic ‘stretch’, Pat. Admittedly, with the Media refs. to ‘posttruth’ and ‘new norm(al)’ there is a conformist pressure to accept all sorts of naturalised, normalised, ‘narratives’ – the monarchist-royal one no exception. Incidentally, where’s this place Northern Ireland and when did Donegal cease being (in) the North?