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| From: Irish Political Review: Articles |
| Date: May, 2012 |
| By: Jack Lane |
| Title: A New Treaty With 'Our Gallant Allies' |
| In politics context is everything. The greatest vices and the greatest virtues are totally interchangeable depending on the context—the particular object to be achieved. The EU was, and is, considered a most virtuous institution by all pro-Europeans. Now it is the favourite weapon of the anti-Europeans to defeat the Fiscal Compact. Cameron justified his action on 8th December last year on the basis that he was defending the EU against the 26 other members who were ignoring it in proposing the Fiscal Compact among themselves. If he had the guts to follow this through, he could legally bar all work and people concerned with the Compact from every EU building. Bill Cash and Bruce Arnold are now also great defenders of the EU. Anthony Coughlan has not yet taken up this argument. Anthony is probably too honest to play this game but that only means he is just a pedant when it comes to politics. However, there is a need to explain to the electorate how this situation has come about. After 40 years' membership of the EEC/EU we are back to square one, legally speaking. To utilise a favourite analogy of the past in relation to Europe: the train we were on has run into a siding and a new one has started moving from the station and we must decide which one to join. Trying to be on both is a rather absurd position to be in. But why are there now two trains? The explanation for this dilemma begins and ends with Britain....Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Political Review: Editorials |
| Date: May, 2012 |
| By: Editorial |
| Title: Syria |
| The turn of events in Syria indicates that the world is in the process of returning to Great Power politics. Nothing other than Great Power politics is possible, unless the Great Powers submit themselves to some kind of world body which is independent of them. The United Nations is not a body of that kind, and was not intended to be. Its creators, essentially the Powers that defeated Nazi Germany, Russia and America, exempted themselves from UN authority at the outset. Each remained absolutely sovereign, with a Veto power which prevented the UN from attempting to interfere in their affairs, or even criticise them.....Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Political Review: Editorials |
| Date: April, 2012 |
| By: Editorial |
| Title: Fianna Fáil: on the road to nowhere? |
| Micheál Martin decided to accept the findings of The Tribunal of Inquiry Into Certain Planning Matters & Payments—the Mahon Tribunal, established October 1997—within hours of its publication. A report of more than 3,000 pages which took almost 15 years and cost—according to some estimates—300 million euros must be true and exempt from criticism. That is the position that Micheál Martin has taken and therefore he has disabled himself from defending the party he leads. Martin is entitled to his opinion, but it is a view that is not shared by the Supreme Court. It found that the Tribunal suppressed evidence that would have undermined the credibility of one of the Tribunal's star witnesses, James Gogarty. This only came to light because the person against whom the allegations had been made had the financial resources to challenge the Tribunal. The Supreme Court Judge Adrian Hardiman commented as follows…Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Foreign Affairs: Editorials |
| Date: April, 2012 |
| By: Editorial |
| Title: "Something not far from malice" |
| John Bruton, the West Brit of long standing, who had a portrait of John Redmond in his office when he was Taoiseach, has been shocked by a sudden realisation of what Britain is. Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Foreign Affairs: Editorials |
| Date: April, 2012 |
| By: Editorial |
| Title: Libya |
| Disillusioned leaders of the Libyan Revolution accomplished by NATO bombing are now complaining that the US/UK/EU combination is not tending to Libya's needs.Read Full Article |