Britain’s historic legacy of treachery, violence and injustice in Ireland continues to this day. In
2023 Parliament declared that 1100 killings in NI were ineligible for the rule of law. Why? All
the deaths bore signs of government collusion. Parliament’s burying the truth of the killings
came with a provision absolving the government of any financial responsibility. In life and in
death these Irish citizens were marked for contempt and targeted for their political choices,
religious practices, or Gaelic language preferences. Former Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is
traveling America affirming what many Irish and American citizens already know: Britain listens
to Ireland but acts for America. The UK must be accountable for the rule of law and for
implementing the provisions of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA). Please consider:
“…in the whole world of insolence, rapine brutal, endless slaughter, and persecution, there is no crime ever invented, no torture of Roman persecution, or Spanish persecution, no tyranny of Nero but can be matched in the history of the English in Ireland.” William Makepeace Thackeray (1842)
“The Ministry of Defense was served with Section 17 (CCRC) notices but failed to provide any
information or access to documentary evidence …lied to the High Court judge…even deliberately
misquoted Admiral Nick Wilkinson to ensure that an order was granted …has chosen to lie and cancel
the truth and fact, serves only one function to prolong a campaign of concealment…[this] …collusion
equates to terrorism.” Samuel Rosenfeld, Member, British Army Force Research Unit, June I, 2003 letter
to Queen Elizabeth II
“An Ulster Defense Regiment Commander admitted if he sacked a member just because he belonged to an illegal loyalist paramilitary group he would be left without a regiment.” Brigadier David Miller Commandant, 5 Ulster Defense Regiment.
“That this crime could happen in our country is shocking; that it has never been investigated to a lawful
standard is unjustifiable. The only mechanism which can establish the full truth and deliver on promises
made to the Finucane family is a full independent public inquiry.” Ms. Louise Haigh, Shadow Secretary
of State, BBC News, October 27, 2020.
“Examinations of legacy killings , the DeSilva report, the Stevens Inquiries, and Ombudsman investigations have raised many questions …concerns about government collusion in these killings have been magnified by a new statute of limitations for British military and Constabulary .”Letter to Deputy British Ambassador to the U. S. from House of Representatives members Peter King, Eliot Engel, Chris Smith, Brian Fitzpatrick, Richie Neal, Nita Lowey, Brendan Boyle & Jim McGovern, July 30, 2019.
“The N. I. peace process was predicated on a future of law enforcement accountability including the
covert policing, with the PSNI subject to powerful oversight bodies. It now transpires another agency,
MI-6, can run and ‘authorize’ informants to commit crimes (here) but based on a policy kept entirely
secret.” Daniel Holder, Deputy Director, Committee on the Administration of Justice, December 16,
2020.
“The Ballymurphy families helped lay the face of evil, the existence of which has still not been acknowledged never mind denounced by those in London who have the moral authority to do so. …the Ballymurphy inquest is a perpetual matter of shame for the Parachute Regiment…the rot lay deep within Westminster.” Kevin Meyers,
Irish journalist, May 11, 2021.
“Life in Northern Ireland has never been free of terror.” Former British Prime Minister John Major,
testifying to Irish Senate, 2022.
“The Legacy Act represents a sovereign government prohibiting victims of some of the gravest crimes ever committed on its soil from accessing any form of justice, criminal or civil. It is likely a breach of international law’’…stains the UK conscience, undermines the rule of law and…renders it a pariah State ….it shames all who supported its passage and the institutions which allowed it to happen.” Gareth Williams, Labor MP, October 30, 2023
“The British government has long coveted a trade agreement with the U. S. as a significant post-Brexit
prize. The United States and United Kingdom should not make announcements until a trade deal that benefits American’s is achievable. Members of both parties oppose a trade pact against the backdrop of threats to the Good Friday Agreement. Those fears were enhanced by passage of ‘legacy’ legislation in Parliament in December, 2023.” U. S. Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon. Politico, January 2024.
Please give your voice and vote to Members of Congress who share your concern and ours for
Ireland and the GFA. Visit www.irelandsfuture.com or contact@irelandsfuture.com and thank
Taoiseach Varadkar for his leadership. Join the GOOGLE GROUPS, American Brexit Committee.
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