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2007-12-16 Britain

Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Solstice

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-12-16 01:30|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 A minor point but his reference to the 'provisional wing' (presumably a reference to the IRA) is wrong. The Provos were pragmatists. Unlike the Official IRA who were out there on the left.

The Official IRA lost and it happens I lived on the edge of Officials last stronghold in the Markets area of Belfast.

Posted by phil_b 2007-12-16 06:08|| 2007-12-16 06:08|| Front Page Top

#2 If by pragmatics you mean equally prepared to take money and arms from Libya, the Soviet Union and the extended Boston Kennedy clan.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-12-16 09:25|| 2007-12-16 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 "Pragmatists". PIMF.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-12-16 09:25|| 2007-12-16 09:25|| Front Page Top

#4 "Phil B and the Pragmatics" would be a great name for a rock band.

Posted by Seafarious 2007-12-16 11:08|| 2007-12-16 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Yep, 'pragmatists'. Mad dogs, the whole lot of 'em. But 'pragmatists'.

Posted by Pappy 2007-12-16 11:09|| 2007-12-16 11:09|| Front Page Top

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