More political theatre from the Sinn Féiners which shows how devoid of ideas they are.
The purpose of all this is to give the appearance that they are leading the charge for a referendum on Irish Unity.
The Sinn Féiners know it won't it happen until the British and they alone decide it happens, because that's what they signed up to in the so called GFA.
As I've repeatedly pointed out, they recently signed up to a document in which the British made it perfectly clear that they were commented to strengthening 'NI's place in the Union and that they will never be neutral on this issue.
The document states that this is a position held on a broad cross-party basis in Parliament.
It also states that:
it is their belief following the restoration of the devolved institutions that NI's future in the UK will be secure for decades to come and as such the conditions for a border poll are unlikely to be objectively met.
The Sinn Féiners signed up on this in order to get the Unionists back into Stormont so that Michelle O'Neill could become the Colonial First Minister, knowing that it was ruling out any referendum for decades to come, if ever.
They are the party fighting the hardest to keep 'the devolved institutions' up and doing nothing whatsoever, so why should the British be concerned that they are pulling old ideas out of the sock drawer every so often as long as there's a sign of life in Stormont?
"Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on." - James Connolly.
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| Thomas Dixie Elliot is a Derry artist and a former H Block Blanketman. Follow Dixie Elliot on Twitter @IsMise_Dixie |
Andy Burnham's comments in Belfast today where he basically said 'fuck the referendum' underscore the lack of strategic control SF has. Power resides where it always has - London. What was demonstrated today was that formal power and real power are two very different things. SF is left looking like empty suits. Stormont is just a transmission belt for British state policy. The Dublin government will breathe a huge sigh of relief that the British made the statement rather than themselves. Wonder if he will he give SF Casement to mollify them and wipe the grin of DUP faces.
ReplyDeleteWhile SF might try to put a smile on the face of the corpse this is a huge humiliation for the party.