UK Politics

DavidT, avert thine eyes.

Clapped-out, perennially over-rated songwriter on today’s landmark event in the history of Anglo-Irish relations.

The Queen’s visit to Ireland is part of a new Palace PR campaign to re-invent the Windsors…

It should be remembered by the Irish people that as recently as the turn of the 1980s the Queen supported Margaret Thatcher by not dismissing Thatcher as she allowed hunger strikers to die at the Maze Prison, most famously Bobby Sands, who was 27 years old. As Sands starved to death in protest at being tagged a ‘criminal’ and not a ‘political prisoner’ by the Thatcher government, the Queen sat in her Palace and said nothing…

The very existence of the Queen and her now enormous family – all supported by the British taxpayer whether the British taxpayer likes it or not – is entirely against any notion of democracy, and is against freedom of speech. For a broad historical view of what the Queen is and how she “rules”, examine Gaddafi or Mubarak, and see if you can spot any difference.

You won’t be able to.

The Queen also has the power to give back the six counties to the Irish people, allowing Ireland to be a nation once again. The fact that she has not done so is Fascism in full flow…

If there’s one thing I hate about an unelected head of state, it’s her refusal to dictate policy to the elected government of the day. Or something…