Hopes are being expressed that the release of the true facts in the "Bloody Sunday" will lead to a mood of reconciliation and to 'closure' for the relatives of the slain.
I don't think so. The celebration of victimhood is a major strand in Irish culture. I once met an Irish girl who refused to even speak the name of Oliver Cromwell - FOUR CENTURIES after the man's depredations on Irish soil. I suspect that even if the soldiers responsible for the shootings were hunted down and publicly burned at the stake, then the Irish would still be celebrating the events of Bloody Sunday in lachrymose song and story for centuries to come.
Some good news - Natural England have scrapped their plans to release 75 giant sea eagles in rural Suffolk. Natural England have already spent £75,000 on the project, while the RSPB and Anglian Water have spent £100,000 between them. All the money, of course, comes ultimately from Joe Public.
If those concerned have spent £175,000 without doing anything, how much would they have spent had the project gone ahead?
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