Is it over yet?

RUC-GC 1922-2001

On 1 June 1922 the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was officially established as the police force of Northern Ireland. The RUC came out of the long history of the Royal Irish Constabulary which was disbanded following partition.

Throughout their history and the troubles in Northern Ireland, RUC personnel paid the ultimate sacrifice, yet despite the terrorist threat and anti-RUC propaganda, members still put their lives and bodies in harm’s way to defend the community as a whole.

"A total of 300 RUC officers have been murdered during the Troubles.The IRA has killed 277, the INLA and IPLO 12 and loyalist terrorists eight. Three were murdered by unknown groups. In addition, four officers were killed by the security forces by mistake and over 9,000 injured during the course of their duties.

Terrorist groups have bombed, shot and beaten RUC officers to death, sometimes killing relatives and other civilians in the process. Levels of stress-related illness have been higher than in any other police force: almost 70 officers have committed suicide, many of them with RUC-issued weapons."

Widows Association

RUC GC Foundation

RUC Benevolent Fund

Why Disband The RUC

Jim Allisters Election Leaflet

Having received Jim Allisters euro election leaflet I'm struck by four things:

First, it makes very little mention of any European issues or TUV policy on the EU

Second, it smacks of pre-GFA DUP rhetoric which is outdated and offers nothing positive or inspiring!

Thirdly, it features Jim in a number of Lenin-esque type poses; having no less than 9 pictures of the man himself, is he big headed or is modelling a side line?

Finally, how can an MEP affect change in the Storment set up? It's almost as ridiculous as Diane Dodds claiming she'll smash her parties partners in government?

For those Unionists wanting to punish the DUPers for whatever reasons, the most important way get at the folks on the hill is to vote for Northern Ireland to play a role at the centre of the union; to put Allister number 1 is a waste of opportunity, so to Diane Dodds!

Jim Nicholson and the Unionist/Conservative New Force actually have a opinion on Europe as well as Northern Ireland, plus they want to put us at the centre of the UK government like we were in the 19th century!

For me Jim Nicholson offers an alternative that's refreshing, UK unionist and honest, for British unionists voting for the Unionist/Conservative coalition will secure our position within the union.

Westminster Reform?

Oasis

Anti-Europeanism

Many people who hold euro sceptic beliefs are often considered anti-European or xenophobic, indeed perhaps some are, for me personally I don’t consider myself as anti-European nor do I like the term "Eurosceptic". I call myself a Pan-European anti-federalist, in that I believe in European co-operation and free trade, but am opposed to the centralisation of the anti-democratic EU.

Unlike UKIP or the BNP I'm not suggesting we pull out of Europe full stop. I don't believe in isolationism or narrow ethnic nationalism, I believe that the EU is an unrepresentative pro-federalist neo-soviet style experiment, a Frankenstein monster in need of total remodelling.

I'm not in favour of the Veritas idea of reformism from within, the EU has grown to powerful for that to work, in my opinion mass secession from the EU is the only way to topple the top down European parliament. A co-operative European council, with bottom up democratic structures, a truly representative parliament and a scrapping of the European commission; such a remodelling is possible, but probably unlikely.

The Jim Allister Show

I'm not sure if the TUV is a political party or the lone voice of Jim Allister, I haven't seen his team nor any colleagues, all I've seen is the Jim Allister Show

Allister is good on traditional unionist sabre rattling and moralising, but offers no real alternative, his "plans" appear to be taken from Ian Paisley circa 1999 and offers nothing constructive or any viable alternative, just vague notions of principled "traditional unionism".

As an MEP he has a sound grasp of the issues, on his European record he might win alone but in turning it into a referendum on the assembly he has perhaps set himself up for a fall.

It would be a breath of fresh air for one MEP from our wee country to tackle the issue of freedom and sovereignty in Europe, the rights of small nations, democracy and independence. Jim appears to be distracted:

"This will be the first time that right across this Province people have the opportunity to give a verdict on terrorist-inclusive government."

That's good, but 10 years out of date. What principle is there in opposing the assembly and creating an excuse for Sinn Fein to blame unionists for "wrecking the peace process", how many would die if the Provo's went back to their old tricks? Do the 32CSM need more pissed off ex-Provo recruits?

Its time to keep your friends close and enemies closer.

Stop The BNP

Whatever anyone thinks of the BNP, the anti-democratic “Stop the BNP” campaign is a petty and futile exercise. Anti-fascism it is not; is it not ironic that supposed anti-fascists want to stop a registered political party campaigning for election? But when one realises that the sponsors of the campaign is Searchlight magazine, a far-left communist publication with about as many successful libel suits against it as Private Eye, the real motivation is revealed.

I’m not a BNP supporter nor will I ever be one, I don’t believe that they’ll ever be a viable choice, but democracy and freedom of speech are fundamental rights which are not respected by the communist activists of Searchlight. If Searchlight had any progressive or positive ideas on combating fascism or neo-Nazism they wouldn’t have a “Stop the BNP” campaign, they might even put candidates forward for election on their own platform but I doubt they’d gain much trust or support.

When you start moralising and telling people what to do they will often do the opposite, no one likes being patronised or told what to do in a free society, the “Stop the BNP” idea will probably amount to nothing or else backfire completely much like the BNP.

“Extremes to the right and left of any political dispute are always wrong.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

Westminster Mafia

Our Orwellian Future

At this moment in time we appear to be losing more rights and freedoms, or at least theres a sustained campaign to justify the invasion of our privacy, namely Jacqui Smith & Co. They've threatened us with a "national database" but opted instead to do it by proxy promoted the idea of "National ID Cards" to keep us safer?

In Manchester a "voluntary" trial of ID cards is taking place to try to legitimise the expansion of state control over our private lives.

On a European level democracy and sovereignty are held in contempt by unnamed unaccountable euro-federalists who voted by a majority of 499 to ignore the Irish Republics 'No' vote on the anti-liberty expansionist Lisbon Treaty. This requires the employment of subversive means to redraft the failed treaty in order to usurp the democratic will of countries that voted no.

"Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly, all the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised ... What was difficult to understand will become utterly incomprehensible ..." Valery Giscard d'Estaing

The time seems right to me for everyone to familiarise themselves with George Orwell's "1984" it may be the blueprint for our Orwellian future!

1 May 1707: Acts of Union

On this day in 1707 the Acts of Union, joining together the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, passed into law creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain. A new flag combining the flags of the Cross of Saint George (England) and Saltire of Saint Andrew (Scotland) was created. The 1801 Act of Union would add the red Saltire of Saint Patrick (Ireland) to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/index.html

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/corporate/history/SPTradition/treaty.htm

The Disappeared: PIRAs Inhumanity

A new site is to be examined in the hunt for one of the Disappeared of
Northern Ireland's Troubles.

The site is in County Louth in the Republic of Ireland, where the
remains of the Crossmaglen man Gerry Evans are said to be buried.

It has been claimed he was shot 30 years ago by the IRA as a suspected
informer.
It comes as the assembly passed a new bill to help the relatives
of the Disappeared and other missing persons.

Q: What separates the dissidents from the Provisionals? A: Time!

The PIRAs depravity is once again highlighted by their on going mental torture of those related to the so-called "disappeared" ie those murdered in cold blood, buried in bogs and fields all over Ireland. The victims of these continuing crimes against humanity, the relatives, are often traumatised and too tired to call the PIRA on their heartless campaign of cowardly human rights abuses.

But then the republican movement doesn't believe that any of its actions were wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8021546.stm