The decision to prosecute one of the Bloody Sunday soldiers is straightforward victor’s justice. And if you still haven’t grasped who won in the war between Britain and the Provisional IRA, perhaps the truth will now at last sink in. All war is crime. But only the losers ever face trial for it.
Whether ‘Soldier F’ is guilty or not is a matter for the courts, and should stay that way. I have nothing to say about it. But the long, dragging process which has led to his being charged is political, far more a matter of power than of justice.
It is because we were the vanquished and the Provisional IRA, backed with all the might of the USA, were the winners in 1998 that this is happening at all.
If we had won, scores of IRA and ‘loyalist’ murderers (freed as a sop to the Protestant killer gangs) would still be doing time. And our police and courts would still be hunting down the culprits of hundreds of terrorist crimes which will now never be punished. And there would not be the slightest chance that a long-retired ex-paratrooper would be preparing for his trial, for actions allegedly taken while under Army discipline.
Youths confront British soldiers minutes before paratroopers opened fire killing 14 civilians on what became known as Bloody Sunday
IF you are sharp-eyed, you will have noticed that the body which announced the prosecution is called the Public Prosecution Service, not the Crown Prosecution Service. That should be a helpful hint. Britain’s continued rule in Northern Ireland is provisional, in more senses than one.
So the Crown, the symbol of British authority which adorns every courthouse and prison (and every embassy abroad), and is to be found on the cap-badge of every police officer and all service personnel, has already been abolished in Northern Ireland.
In the same way, our flag has been hauled more than halfway there. In Northern Ireland now, the Union Jack can only be flown on public buildings in limited circumstances.
Everybody there knows that one day soon, the referendum promised in the 1998 surrender to the IRA will be held, and the whole thing will be handed over to Dublin rule. For the first time since 1945, a Western European country will surrender territory to its neighbour as a reward for successful armed aggression backed by the USA, a fact so shocking that many still cannot comprehend it.
This handover is guaranteed by solemn treaty, by the way. There’ll be no dithering, no negotiation, no second thoughts. The projected Irish referendum is not ‘advisory’. It will be final if it decides in favour of a united Ireland (though it can be held again, every seven years, if it produces the ‘wrong’ result, until it comes up with the right one).
Derek Wilford, pictured (left) in recent years and (right) in 1972, was the commander in charge on Bloody Sunday. He said he felt his men had been betrayed
Yet millions, especially the Blair creature who signed the instrument of surrender, are still keen to pretend that we won this nasty little war, when we lost it, as Soldier F now knows very well.
It is all part of the deep, deep sleep of Britain, from which we shall only be awakened by shock and awe, as we finally realise that we have spent what we earned, and wantonly wrecked what we inherited from our wiser forebears.
I'm a veteran of political demonstrations going back to the 1960s, though I have given it up in recent years.
One sad thing has always been constant at these events – the almost total absence of glamorous young women, especially when it is raining.
They’re just not all that keen on such things, usually preferring expensive restaurants to street protest. I can’t think why.
But in recent months I keep seeing pictures – such as this one taken yesterday – of unusually attractive female enthusiasts demonstrating in favour of leaving the EU, whichseem to contradict this ancient law of nature. They even turn out in pouring rain. Does anyone know who they are?
If human nature has changed,we need to do the research into how this extraordinary thing happened.
Are Daleks aiming at No10
The most sinister building in London has, for many decades, been the Admiralty Citadel, a windowless concrete bunker overlooking Horseguards Parade. Attempts to make it seem less menacing, by growing Virginia creeper on it, have not succeeded. I’ve never been able to find out what goes on inside it. As I passed it the other day, I noticed it has sprouted Dalek-like protuberances, above, pointing in the general direction of Downing Street. The Ministry of Defence says they are ‘communications equipment’. If they say so, it must be true.
I hate to say it, but we missed our chance to dump the Tories
The current EU mess really was not that hard to foresee. As I wrote in a blog posting on February 4, 2016: ‘I myself am baffled as to how a referendum could decide the issue, when huge majorities in both Houses of Parliament, plus the great bulk of the media, plus businessmen (traditionally utterly ignorant about politics) plus the civil service, the education sector, and the judiciary, are committed to our continuing membership. If we voted to leave, who would implement the decision?’
On February 28, 2016, I wrote here: ‘You read it first here. The EU is like the Hotel California. You can check out. But you can never leave.’ Something I now hear repeated almost every day by somebody or other.
If the Tories collapsed, some horrible Trump-like body, with its knuckles brushing the ground, would barge into the empty space, says Peter Hitchens
Likewise, when I realised nearly two weeks before the vote that there would be a ‘Leave’ majority, I predicted: ‘We are about to have the most serious constitutional crisis since the Abdication of King Edward VIII. I suppose we had better try to enjoy it.
‘If – as I think we will – we vote to leave the EU on June 23, a democratically elected Parliament, which wants to stay, will confront a force as great as itself – a national vote, equally democratic, which wants to quit. Are we about to find out what actually happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?’
My argument, for years before then, was as it is now – the main obstacle to any serious change for the better in this country is the existence of a party which calls itself ‘Conservative’ but is nothing of the kind.
Alas, I fear it is now too late to get rid of it. Everyone is too bitter to think.
If the Tories collapsed, some horrible Trump-like body, with its knuckles brushing the ground, would barge into the empty space.
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Main photo article The decision to prosecute one of the Bloody Sunday soldiers is straightforward victor’s justice. And if you still haven’t grasped who won in the war between Britain and the Provisional IRA, perhaps the truth will now at last sink in. All war is crime. But only the losers ever face trial for it....
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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