tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post1934280262233402408..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Violence and afterJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-52750387461482887272010-04-12T21:22:33.351+01:002010-04-12T21:22:33.351+01:00fathomline
It is reasonable, not least since Sunn...fathomline<br /><br />It is reasonable, not least since Sunningdale and the entire notion of all-Ireland institutional links did not survive the unionist backlash in the 70s. This was at a time when the flying of the Irish National flag was effectively banned in the 6 Counties and when the RUC remained very much a unionist militia, alongside the many other full time and part time local unionist militias tied to the British military.<br /><br />The IRA campaign was not designed to be pulled short of Irish reunification, but it is ridiculous to suggest that it had no impact on transforming the political horizon, ensuring that the British government could not impose an internal settlement short of the considerable changes required to level the playing field between unionism and nationalism in the North.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-77163411731128080872010-04-12T16:05:37.923+01:002010-04-12T16:05:37.923+01:00Jude, your historical comparison is not reasonable...Jude, your historical comparison is not reasonable. The question is whether we would have had a version of Sunningdale without the Provo violence. And the answer is yes, eventually and an awful lot sooner and more cheaply in human blood than what we got. More to the point the Provo campaign was never designed to get what we now have got.fathomlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144495296096447235noreply@blogger.com