Hello everyone
Hello everyone. The standoff in Garvaghy Road continues into day four and shows little sign of being resolved. This follows the Parades Commission's decision on Friday to allow the Orange Order to march down Garvaghy Road, mainly nationalist area. Now, there's been much peace there for many years following the horrific violence and murders that took place over 28 years ago in that area. 21 people lost their lives and the decision by the Parades Commission really pays scant regard to.
Those lives that are lost. And this decision has created a lot of trauma and heartbreak in relation to many people who experienced so much trauma around that region over the last number of years. Now, in the last number of days, as I said, there's been protests set up. There was another court action has been brought forward today by the Garvaghy Road residents coalition. And at the same time, the Orange Order are standing their ground from Drumcree.
Church, saying it's the rule of law and they're abiding by the High Court decision in Belfast that was made late on Saturday night going into Sunday morning. That would have allowed them to march down Drumcree Drum through from Drumcree Church through Garvaghy Road towards Portadown town center. Now, there were many alternative routes that could have been taken, but this was about a major step of provocation. And we've seen, for instance, who will benefit from this. Perhaps much of the political.
Establishment will benefit by enhancing their sectarian divisions in the north of Ireland. The British establishment, as well, will benefit because of all the talk around Irish reunification. So, always ask who benefits from what's taking place. It's not the ordinary working class people who have no truck with sectarianism and want to stand up for their basic rights and and are struggling with so many economic crises in the north of Ireland, which is the same are here.
And we all know about the fact that they're still the occupied six counties. And much the same as I, like many others, would stand with the people of Garvaghy Road, but also stand for a 32-county Ireland that represents the people, that's run for the people, and not run for the interest of anybody else. In the last number of weeks, we've seen Sinn Féin stand up with the communities and say that they're going to look for a.
Re-reunification
Re-reunification. They've already met with the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru. They did a video a number of days ago. And they said they want to be part of the European Union. Well, this flies in the face of sovereignty, doesn't it? This is the same time when Sinn Féin and many political establishment jumped on the bandwagon over the few last few days and said they were standing up for the people of Garvaghy Road. At the same time, they believe in.
Community sovereignty, which I am 100% behind to the people of Garvaghy Road who have been oppressed and traumatized for years and are revisiting that trauma every day that this absolute madness continues. At the same time, down south, we saw many working-class communities left behind by Sinn Féin in relation to the mass immigration industry, being called all all kinds of names and being ignored also.
Much the same as many who say that they stand up for the national interest in Ireland. Standing with the other side, for instance, the Orange Order. We all know about the history of the Orange Order in Ireland and in particular around the havoc and violence and absolute carnage they inflicted on Catholic communities for many years. Go back to the 1790s where Catholics had to organize and become groups to stand up for themselves such as the Catholic Defenders, which.
Precipitated the start towards the United Irishmen where Wolfe Tone, a Protestant, brought the whole process forward by trying to bring Protestants and Catholics and dissenters together. So, all the resources of Ireland should serve the people of Ireland. And you can go back to the time of the Ulster plantation, for instance, in terms of many came across from Scotland. Portadown itself is a plantation town. But we all know fundamentally who owned a lot of that land and who they.
“But we all know fundamentally who owned a lot of that land and who they”
Paid rent to. Yes, the British Crown and the big landlords as well based in England also profited from this. So, always ask yourself who profits from sectarianism and who's benefiting at the moment currently from the drive towards sectarianism. Distraction from bigger issues? Absolutely. But also a bigger agenda play that serves the corrupt Westminster elites. Now, interestingly enough, what's also going on with this has been around the Parades Commission and there has been a lot of conversations around the Parades.
Commission in terms of involvement of those
Commission in terms of involvement of those. They said they received confirmation from the PSNI to say that there were no issues in relation to this parade. But it's interesting to see the composition of this Parades Commission that was set up in 1998. The most recent term has been issued in 2024 and at the time the Secretary of State of the North was Chris Heaton-Harris, a conservative politician. And a few of the appointees include Derek Wilson. He's an ex-banker. He was.
Also a long-term civil servant on many public bodies such as the Northern Irish Housing Executive and involved with the mortgage part of UK finance. So, here we go, part of the establishment. Paul Leeson, also long-time civil servant also in terms of the national Northern Irish rather housing executive and she did a lot of social work apparently as well in that role. Rachel quickly who works with the Crown essentially with the public prosecution service up in the north.
And Nicola Rountree as well is on this Parades Commission who is a barrister and is Evelyn Collins who is the makes up the fifth member of this commission. Um where she was an equality communications director of an organization in Northern Ireland as well and she is a CBE so she's got a honor from the British Empire. The chair of this organization who's Evelyn Collins receives over 50,000 pounds every year and she works one to two two days a week.
On this role which is the same as everybody else who's been works about one day a week. Expected to work more during the busier marching season which comes up around the 12th of July. The 22,000 pounds per year and they're all as as I said appointed by the Secretary of State of the north of Ireland. And they're involved in looking at rerouting parades and restrictions in relation to offensive parades. And they're said a couple the last.
Couple of months that they would work hard to represent the needs of all communities. Um so here we go. Another coin go set up to plunge us into complete and utter chaos. Um much the same as what's happening in Stormont where there's discussions now around budget negotiations between the UP and Sinn Fein and other parties in relation to the basic economic issues facing a lot of people in the north. Uh but at the same time we see what hap.
What's happened with Stormont. We see it's only essentially enhancing the oppressor's rule in the north of Ireland. We also see what's happening in particular uh with Andy Burnham's comments in the recent times about not looking for a border not looking for a border poll. So, he's ruling that out. And again, who does this serve? Who does this suit? It's not the ordinary working class people who want no truck with what's taking place in terms of the.
Sectarianism and the divisions as well
Sectarianism and the divisions as well. And call out these archaic organizations such as the Orange Order for what they really are and what pain they have inflicted on so many communities for so many centuries and Catholics in particular um who are outstanding in an absolutely horrific uh violence that was wreaked on so many upon so many communities as well in the north as well. That's all being retraumatized and revisited now through these decisions that benefit the corrupt.
Ruling establishment. So, thanks so much for supporting our videos. Uh please share them as well. So, I'm Dublin City and so long and I'll take care.
