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About LinkBacksI'd guess it'll be 18 months to 3 years.Originally Posted by padraig
When hell freezes over
I'd guess it'll be 18 months to 3 years.When hell freezes over
When the Party Membership elects to, on the reason why Unionists stepped down is absolutly amazing,When will Sinn Fein join?No chance, the SDLP must be feeling very lonely at these meetings now as their about the only party present.
Unionist members of Belfast District Policing Partnership have withdrawn in protest at the police handling of recent violence in loyalist areas.
So the RUC are supposed to let them run ************************ING riot on the streets of Belfast and murder and destroy. Interesting mindset.
Onwards and upwards for the agreement.
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Glad to see you have come on board :wink:
'Decision to boycott'
But tellingly, the withdrawal was not announced by either of the two parties.
Instead, it was confirmed by the North and West Belfast Parades and Cultural Forum.
This umbrella group includes politicians, the Orange Order, community representatives and, crucially, loyalist paramilitaries such as the UVF and UDA.
These were the groups who opened fire on the police in west Belfast.
One pillar of the unionist establishment told me he believed the Orange Order's behaviour has been disgraceful - but he was not prepared to go public
So who made the decision to boycott the policing body? SDLP leader Mark Durkan told the BBC's Inside Politics that he believes the unionist leaders have given the paramilitaries the whip hand.
One pillar of the unionist establishment told me he believed the Orange Order's behaviour has been disgraceful. But he was not prepared to go public.
With liberal unionists tongue-tied, the middle of the road Alliance Party has sensed an opportunity.
David Ford says unionist leadership has failed miserably. Naomi Long accuses them of petulance for withdrawing from the Belfast District Policing Partnership.
Many aggrieved motorists or voters sympathetic to the security forces will agree.
However, in the May local elections the combined unionist vote was over 49%, while Alliance took 5%.
So although this criticism might sting, it is more akin to the gnat on the elephant's behind than any more serious challenge.
The unionists may ride this out, then slowly return to the District Policing Partnerships. But the policing structures could be fragile for some time.
Hugh Orde said Orange Order must bear blame
The hostile unionist response to talk of a conference on policing reform next year emphasises the potential difficulties ahead.
No, that's not what I'm refering to. I'm talking about 'political capital'.I didn't think that provison of civil policing was dependent on the support of political parties, are you saying that the PSNI wouldn't provide a policing service in areas where the population vote for a particular political party or parties. Because if that is the case the PSNI would presently only be operating in a very small area of the 6 counties with safe middle class voters.
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But there is nothing to be gained by joining the policing boards, which the SDLP learnt to their cost. And not joining is applying pressure on the Brits to implement proper reforms to that force.No, that's not what I'm refering to. I'm talking about 'political capital'.I didn't think that provison of civil policing was dependent on the support of political parties, are you saying that the PSNI wouldn't provide a policing service in areas where the population vote for a particular political party or parties. Because if that is the case the PSNI would presently only be operating in a very small area of the 6 counties with safe middle class voters.
No British police force in Ireland can ever be normal or acceptable.
"I hereby declare that the Continuity Executive and the Continuity Army Council are the lawful Executive and Army Council respectively of the Irish Republican Army, and that the governmental authority, delegated in the Proclamation of 1938, now resides in the Continuity Army Council, and its lawful successors."
Comdt. General Thomas Maguire
Id have to agree there. The struggle wasnt about reform, but revolution.
The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show.
It is then we'll see the rising of the moon.
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