Guth & Tuairim, Meitheamh 1981

Lit reacha A Chara, 123 ~pringhill .W., ~lelfast I3T12 ·.·.;)', and r;pper Dunn:ore' Falcarrach , I used to believe that t he people in the 8 North could get good zovernment under a London ~ administration. I do not believe that now, and I have ·s been driven - I have to admit, reluctantly - to that -.-, conclusion by what that governnent has done during t he past ten years. Even r:ore reluctantly , but unavoidably , 2: havE: come to the conclusion also t hnt the poljcy of ~he London government i s to lead t he people in the ~Iorth i.nto cj vil ~Jar , a war in whi eh the rest of Irelan.d will be en:broHed , and that t he purr-os e of thi s strategy is to prevent the further development of a v i able - ri sh ec onomy . I would not have come t o t h i.s c cr.clusion if the evi dence were not clear. iihat t he London gove r nment i s doing i n t he Forth cannot be explainEO,d in any ot her ~ray . It is my belief t h-<t you cannot t l;en disct.;s s your economy '. J.it hout :~ is Cl1SRin.:; t he London policy of destroy ing :it. If that seer:1s an unacceptabl e explana t ion t o those of your c onsti tuents 1.;ho do not beli eve t hat g overnments wor k i n t his way , could you rem:Lnq ther.~ t hat Brit ~sh policy i n Ireland i n t he 13th and 19th centuries 1·Tas precisely that - to prevent the e~erge~ce of a viabl~- .I~ 'csh econo:n( wha~ ~he . &9 h1stor1ans are not a~ raJ.d to say a::Jout Jr1t .csh pohcy .~ in those cer!turies \·re should not be afrai d to say E about Ene li.sh policy t 'xiay. g r-~ll I deU.ber ately a void t he u se of t he t e r w ro ;:. "Bri t i s h" .in r elat >:.n to the pr esent London ~·tj ~:: g overnment. 'Jf t he 22 mer.1bers of t he London cabi net, 1J ~ ~ 20 are :nember s for English consti tuences - the only ~ : ~ Scots and Welsh representc.tives are 3ecretaries of ] m~,._; State for each of t hes e countries, both of whom are ~ .,... ;::1 ~ a ppoi nted by the english Prime : :inis ter. '.ie cannot lll ~ a>+> properly blame the Scots and '.olelsh f or what an ili t; :{i Jl English government does. :8 ".; s ..., llor can ue bl.a :ne our Ca tholic r)r nr ot es tant ~-Cl> 2 :::.:1 fellow citi zens i n the North f or witat i s h~_nnening rl <H ro - 0 >11 t here . For many years many of u s ,,;orked for ::;: o +> '0 r e concili ation bel:;ween Catholics and Protes t ant s i.n ..., ~ ~ ~ ..., 0 ::l ..... t he North. Then :i.t beca ~e apparent t hat both sides Jl .: ar 8. Jn ew very well hm; to live peacefully together but ;3: 'M <. oo t hey were continua lly pre·.rented frorJ do !_ng so by a corros ive , bi tter and economi cally - bas ed gover nment poli cy 1 des i.gned to keep t he r.1 apart . Until the pow~r of those who devi s ed t hi s polic~' i s di s solvad , r e conc U i ati on 1vill no~ cone. The London ;:ovel'tuGent ha s ne\'e r prote cteci t he i nte rests of our rrotestant f ellm; c i.t.izens i n t he North and never w· i.ll. . Inste :Jd, it 1.;ooed t he r.1 ,,;i. th g ifts while it tri.ed t o de:Jtroy t he Catholics by deprivat i on. But ',.rhe t her by g jfts or l:ilo,rs t he London government was cont r olling and m<,nipula t i ng b oth of t hen. And t he Fr ot estant eXPeri ence has s ho1.-1ll - in t he l os s of Storr:-:ont· e.n<l 5_n t he g overnnent r s to~'in.:~ ;ri.t h ne·,, p ol .i t:!.cal a:rx·a:1Jer1ents - t hat i f ne cessar y H H ' 11 change Hs t a ct:_cs :mrl betray t he :·rotcs t ai1t 0 jus t as i t s o often betrayed t he Cat hol'cs . T!1e :3urv.\.val of t he :=n:;l is~"} econor2y , even at t i:(; ccwt c i~' des trojd.ng the ec onor:y of a fr i e:1dl:r :Je ' ,:;h';onr na t :'.··m , i s t he ca i n cons l deration , nnd i n t j_c~e:"J of econom~-- c eri s -':..s l ike t his , t r:e onl:J' one . "i'he on:.:r peopl e ·v1ho c.:::.n prot ect t he i nt et·asts . of our i: rcyJ.:.es t~ult f r 5.ends :~re t he I'rot es tant s t ··e!1se l ves i n union '·L' t h tl:le :.r Cathol i c fe ll.o1.r c :: t .:_zen:J , _. n : ·l>:.o~ -~eo ,_,, ·th t he !'!:a.;.-:t~' cf our ci.t _;_zens w'w ar'c nP: t l1u· Gathol .i.c nor l"r ot estant . I have s een \.;hat is ha~~·po.uin~~ a:Kl I hc..ve co~:1e t o conc .l:-l:; i:~ns w~l ~_ ch a feu y e:J..rs a;~o ~ . .,uaLl have been to oo u nth:'.nl:ab l e . : bel i s ve t~~ t. t~e pc l i cy o! t he Lon~on gove r nr;;ont i s t o cr eat e a c:i.-v~. l \\rai"" .:. n ~he liorth wJJ ·<ch ',rill ' nev it ah l:· i nvc l ve t !·re r es t of I r ebnd , and t he r eason f or th:.s st,r :, t e:;:r .{s , 'as i.n : he pa s t , to pr eve:1t t he deve l c:-r;cnt of a:.1 .!.r i st ec ono:-:1:,r l·t:1 .!.c t) tl:le London 70Vel·nnent c •n no l on:-;e r co~;t-,'ol by occu1H.rt;i~_·r: an:1 e t he;., r-""Ll"i t:J.l~/ i'1~atjs . :·ou car01o c. d· sc~ts~' y onr :::cono!:"ly :,.;i ~·.hor~·:. d i.s cus sin~: t he i-~ort:·; . .f i t L '2Vr-:.r~.~ :-;ooJ · ...;ish , ~~oues s inc f.?re l~ 1 - ?r . 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