http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/20/bits-and-pieces/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 07:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/20/bits-and-pieces/comment-page-1/#comment-13680 dating Fri, 20 Feb 2004 22:49:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=915#comment-13680 but although I can hear music to set them <a href="http://airfare.transestore.com/airfare.asp">airfare</a> to, it's nothing solid, or it isn't fully <a href="http://credit-card.transestore.com/credit-card.asp">credit card</a> Right. That's weird for me but although I can hear music to set them airfare to, it’s nothing solid, or it isn’t fully credit card Right. That’s weird for me

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/20/bits-and-pieces/comment-page-1/#comment-13679 politics Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:00:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=915#comment-13679 Hello Hello

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/20/bits-and-pieces/comment-page-1/#comment-13678 Henry Farrell Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:18:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=915#comment-13678 Probably didn't express myself as well as I might have; what I meant to say was that I admired them precisely for their willingness to work from a consistent set of assumptions, and see where it took them, even if the destination wasn't the one that they might have initially chosen. Probably didn’t express myself as well as I might have; what I meant to say was that I admired them precisely for their willingness to work from a consistent set of assumptions, and see where it took them, even if the destination wasn’t the one that they might have initially chosen.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/20/bits-and-pieces/comment-page-1/#comment-13677 Marc Mulholland Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:40:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=915#comment-13677 The BICO position on Ireland is more consistent than it appears. They argue that devolution established an abnormal situation in which the communities were seperated from the 'real' party politics characteristic of a sovereign state. Rather than concentrate on national politics, primarily about the economy and welfare and thus tending to create broad left / right alliances cutting across sectarian lines, Northern Ireland politics was left with the divisive small change of identity politics. Stormont cannot impact on the realities of social and economic power, but it does concentrate the mind on zero-sum conflict over the national question. The problem is to absorb both communities into a functional democratic polity. Britain shows no willingness to permit this, so BICO now believes that a sovereign united Ireland is the most likely long-term route out of the impasse. One might disagree, but I think it is theoretically consistant. The Guardian carried a good article along these lines by an independent councillor, Mark Langhammer, at the weekend: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,1125791,00.html For the current incarnation of BICO, see: http://www.atholbooks.org/index.shtml The BICO position on Ireland is more consistent than it appears. They argue that devolution established an abnormal situation in which the communities were seperated from the ‘real’ party politics characteristic of a sovereign state. Rather than concentrate on national politics, primarily about the economy and welfare and thus tending to create broad left / right alliances cutting across sectarian lines, Northern Ireland politics was left with the divisive small change of identity politics. Stormont cannot impact on the realities of social and economic power, but it does concentrate the mind on zero-sum conflict over the national question. The problem is to absorb both communities into a functional democratic polity. Britain shows no willingness to permit this, so BICO now believes that a sovereign united Ireland is the most likely long-term route out of the impasse. One might disagree, but I think it is theoretically consistant. The Guardian carried a good article along these lines by an independent councillor, Mark Langhammer, at the weekend: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,1125791,00.html For the current incarnation of BICO, see: http://www.atholbooks.org/index.shtml

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