“THE KING-IN-PARLIAMENT”—A POX ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES FOR YOUR LEGACY BILL – LAW

Posted By: September 19, 2023

“THE KING-IN-PARLIAMENT”—A POX ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES FOR YOUR LEGACY BILL – LAW

God save the Catholics and Protestants of Ireland—north, south, east, and west.                                                                                                                                                      On December 23, 1920, King George V and the British Parliament unilaterally partitioned Ireland. And now King George’s great-grandson, King Charles III, and the British Parliament have given Ireland the shameful Legacy Bill, turned into law by the Royal Assent.

In 1920, the King-in-Parliament lied to both the Protestants and Catholics—secretly telling the Protestants that the new, artificial entity of Northern Ireland would last forever, while secretly telling the Catholics it was too small to last.

And now, again, the King-in-Parliament has lied to the Protestants and Catholics —telling them the shameful Legacy Bill/Law is for the good of both Protestants and Catholics when everyone knows it is only for the good of England. (We can hardly blame Wales or Scotland, despite individuals like Prime Minister Lloyd George and Lord Balfour).

The only good that can be gleaned from this is that maybe it is England’s final contempt before it leaves Ireland. —Fr. Sean McManus.