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Interesting Links for 21-02-2018

Feb 21, 2018 12:00

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fub February 21 2018, 13:11:15 UTC

Three years ago, I visited our offices in Derry (or Londonderry, if you're from mainland UK). I found it striking that everyone I (casually) spoke to, up to and including the office cleaners, told me about how things were much better now compared to before. It is as if everyone needed to vent their PTSD to an outsider.
One afternoon, we went for a drive: we were loaded in the cars of colleagues and we went to see a landmark (of which I have forgotten the name). We passed into Ireland, and the driver remarked how he, as a young boy, would have to cross the checkpoints here to go to school. He described having a fully-armed soldier looking through his book-bag, every day.

It is really monumental to think what the GFA has accomplished. And May is throwing it all away, and I worry about what will happen to my colleagues (some of who live in Ireland) when the inevitable border infrastructure goes up.

andrewducker February 21 2018, 14:05:10 UTC

Yeah, the possibilities are horrific.

I recommend "Derry Girls" if you can get access to it. Recent Channel 4 comedy set in Derry during the 90s. Funny and horrific at the same time.