Historical amnesia is not a sign of maturity

The perennial discussion of a 'pragmatic' Ireland rejoining the British Commonwealth is utterly fatuous, writes John Waters

I GOT a call the other day from Radio Ulster to debate whether Ireland should rejoin the British Commonwealth. This notion is one that jumps unprompted from time to time to the minds of otherwise sensible people, who are then afforded generous media space to elaborate their opinions. This time, the hook was another debate on the same subject taking place last Tuesday evening in London, involving Ian Paisley and Dessie O'Malley. I can't imagine that being a heated encounter, but I tried to compensate on the BBC earlier in the day by communicating the utter fatuousness of this perennial discussion.

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