{"id":922,"date":"2012-06-28T09:50:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T08:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=922"},"modified":"2012-06-28T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T11:18:39","slug":"kings-of-duplicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=922","title":{"rendered":"KINGS OF DUPLICITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGS OF DUPLICITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So\u2014the day has come and gone and to my knowledge no earth shattering events have occurred.\u00a0 Nothing has transpired that should make us re-evaluate the worth of a paltry handshake.\u00a0 The build up\u2014at least the media led version\u2014had us believe that this was the handshake that would eclipse all other handshakes.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Certainly there is a huge significance behind the grasp–from both a nationalist and a unionist perspective.\u00a0 This cannot be played down.\u00a0 There is a feeling however that much of the hype has been manufactured\u2014stage managed\u2014at least on the republican side.\u00a0 Up until the last moment the general public were left guessing if such a monumental meeting would in fact take place.\u00a0 In true melodramatic fashion we had the \u2013will he, won\u2019t he scenario-ensuring a building of excitement.\u00a0 The truth may well be that a decision was taken a long time ago.\u00a0 And that decision almost certainly wasn\u2019t taken by Martin himself, but rather the Ard Chomhairle.\u00a0 This wasn\u2019t a handshake like those we witnessed previously between the monarch and the Old IRA veteran in Cork last year or indeed the one between her and Mary McAleese.\u00a0 There was no warmth involved, no feeling and certainly no respect\u2014at least from McGuinness.\u00a0 In the days leading up to this \u201csignificant\u201d event we have been submerged in a torrent of guff from many quarters regaling us with the importance of the act.\u00a0 Much of this rhetoric emanated from \u201cleading loyalists\u201d who were claiming that the proof was here at last that the war was over and the handshake was an indicator to the loyalist communities of the Sinn Fein Bona Fides.\u00a0 What it is really a gauge of is the lengths they will go to to hoodwink the people of this country into believing that they have moral decency or scruples.\u00a0 This latest stage managed charade has been years in the making.\u00a0 When it looked like they had a golden opportunity last year to meet with the Queen when she visited Ireland they made much noise about the time not being right and republicans weren\u2019t ready to make that move.\u00a0 So exactly what has changed in one year then?\u00a0 Not a lot in all honesty.\u00a0 Then we had policy makers like Danny Morrison saying that they\u2014Sinn Fein\u2014were surprised at the reception the Queen received and the openness in which she was received.\u00a0 He admitted that he had changed his opinion on that visit after previously labelling Elizabeth, \u201cthe Queen of Sheep\u201d. \u00a0Yesterdays contrived affair from the Kings of Duplicity will do nothing to convince the loyalist community that there is a seismic shift in thinking from the denizens of Parnell Square.\u00a0 The thinking from those quarters will never change\u2014it\u2019s not in their repertoire\u2014and it will remain the same always.\u00a0 By hook or by crook the egotistical and power hungry zealots who control the entire Republican Sinn Fein empire\u2014no pun intended\u2014will do all in their considerable power to ensure their dominance and pre-eminence.\u00a0 The reality is that this cabal of fraudsters are more interested in seeing the Queens face on folding currency than they are of seeing her hand extended toward them.<\/p>\n

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