Mike Vickers' Blog

One may laugh at The Derry Girls

But I despair of the politicians elevated to Northern Ireland Secretary.

Karen Bradleys must qualify as the worst so far:

“Every clanger from a British politician – Karen Bradley’s offensive and ignorant statement exonerating British soldiers for their crimes in Northern Ireland; the border mess, exacerbated by the Conservative government’s tactical alliance with the DUP; the clueless remarks emanating from the House of Commons – has not just confirmed, but elevated our suspicions that English (and Brexit was always about Englishness, not Britishness, nor the oxymoron that is now the “United” Kingdom) apathy, ignorance and entitlement towards Ireland is as dominant as ever. The tactic of trying to undermine Ireland in a game of chicken with the European Union has also led to an existential fear that the EU will sell Ireland out, and a fury about the corner we are being put in.”

Read the full article in the The Irish Times by Una Mullally in today’s Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/08/england-ireland-brexit-political-ignorance?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0Jlc3RPZkd1YXJkaWFuT3BpbmlvblVLLTE5MDMwOA%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK&CMP=opinionuk_email

Wiki: “”The fewer than 10% [of killings] that were at the hands of the military and police were not crimes, they were people acting under orders and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way.”^[ A Nuremburg Defence.

One might have thought that all politicians who have had at least One Month’s training on Irish History but apparently not so of Karen Bradlay.

See also The UK and Scotland post Brexit  – Gus O’Donnald on his concern of the impact of Brexit on Ireland.