British) could not concede even the mildest of concessions in 30 years comfortable in the very statelet that for decades oppressed them and war. But no alternative politics scems available and even mild disagreement is stamped on by the within the Republican Morement.
Neither is this a surprise. By participating in Government SOniC olic MOSoCeo ce ments in the British state Sinn Fein will be forced, if it wants to make impose this reactionaty politics on its own base in the nationalist areas. loyalist working class and instead of making an chlort to win them ray from the reactionary politics unionism, it locks them on the wrone side of the class divide. Not surprisingly, seeing that all they are being offered is a souped up version Ethnic cleansing. Sectarian kiling. gangland battles in full orange regalia dramatic walkouts from meeting and statements that they no longer support the Good Friday agreement.
All these add up to only one answer - the toyalot paramilanes are stowiy but surely slipping out of the politica process and back to what they do best.
The reason is very simple. The loy. alists are what they appear to be -sectarian sanesters with no real poltcal base who prey on Protestant workers as well as Catholic and have no hope of building a political base.
The UDP leader, Johnny Adair, at present inserned by the British, is the subject of a hilarious campaign - his only crime was loyalty! Anyone tempted to fil in the real list on the posters would quickly run out of . The UDP have a ramshackle organisation for accepting community grants (in reality bribes to keep quiet) but its so poor wiat tey taled even to register the name of their party for The UVF and their mouthpieces in the PUP have a more organised base after years of copying the Provos and cokinu lor ote one on in British far right but, despite a sympathetic press and the - to speak blunth - criminal behaviour of sections of the left in endorsing their brand of reacdon ano cass resentment as socaist, they too are faling for exactly the same reason as the UDA. short of a crisis. The loyalists have -level war against CORURBIE SIUW ceasefire. As long as they keep it within bounds the British can use a funds and police surveillance to controi them. accept the Good Friday agreement part of the background baggage and that working-class opposition wil have against state-sponsored thugs.
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