Brussels Globalists take Northern Ireland

 

The politics of Northern Ireland have entered a crisis. For the first time ever, the winner of the Northern Ireland Assembly elections were Sinn Féin. The central republican party won a landslide victory. This means that the Northern Ireland Executive, being two leaders, one nationalist and one unionist with equal powers, must include the Sinn Féin candidate, the glamorous young party vice president Michelle O'Neill, as First Minister. She has already served as Deputy First Minister. However, the DUP have stated that they will refuse to nominate a Deputy First Minister because of concerns over the post-Brexit trade agreement (I consider this a phoney war, see background link below). There is going to be a meeting at Stormont on Friday to try and resolve the issue. The Sinn Féin story is a very familiar one and it mirrors almost perfectly that of Plaid Cymru and the SNP. It was founded in 1905 as an Irish nationalist party, seeking independence from the United Kingdom, an issue that had dominated Irish society and politics for over seven hundred years. This was achieved in 1921, yet a century later that same organization was singing a very different tune. During the establishment of the EEC Sinn Féin opposed European integration, but today describes itself as "critical, but supportive, of the EU" and does not advocate withdrawal from the European Union. After seven hundred years of struggle for freedom from Britain, they are now handing themselves over to another empire willingly on a plate, after barely a century of sovereignty. The irony is indescribable. I wish I could say it was unique, but I see the same mentality in the other so-called "Celtic" countries. They are disarmed by the delusion that it is physically impossible for their countries to have any other foreign enemy than England. So what we have now is both Irish governments in Dublin and Belfast ruled by pro-Brussels globalists. Sinn Féin's principle goal is for a united Ireland and they have a plan for a referendum on the subject within five years. What was once a pipe dream is suddenly staring Ireland in the face. Source: https://www.ft.com/content/53592270-98aa-4030-812a-dc019461b8d7. Public opinion in the province has shifted; previously being overwhelmingly unionist, but now only half of the population are favour being in the UK. A significant minority, 37%, want unity with the Irish republic. I'm not sure what has caused this recent seismic shift; maybe Brexit and Covid, the usual suspects. Whatever it is, a united Ireland in today's geopolitical climate would be a catastrophe. A large chunk of Brexit Britain would be broken off and absorbed into the EU. This will probably be called the "Ulster Strategy" and the globalists will then apply it to Wales and Scotland; in fact we already see the first signs of that now. Pretty soon a fragmented UK would no longer be able to resist the Brussels onslaught. I implore the Irish people not to be bamboozled by melodramatic sentiments about "freedom". It is a fake freedom!
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2019/10/brexit-portal.html.