Federal Unionism--- Early Sinn Fein

Introducing the Concept Federal Unionism--- Early Sinn Fein

The writer of this article lives in Derry and belongs to, supports, or is interested in no political party be it Union Jack Unionism, Nationalism or Republicanism. The writer dissents from all three as past their sell by dates and should be thrown out and the shelves restocked with the new improved concept Federal Unionism – Early Sinn Fein. Federal Unionism—Early Sinn is not a political party but is a political concept, a concept being a picture in the mind.

The writer is a teacher and an author whose writing interest has to do with finding ideas that will advance the solution to the Irish Problem, which remains unsolved. It is the writer’s conviction, a conviction sincerely held, that the Irish problem is solvable with The National Government Act in the 21st century.

It is basic to the concept of Federal Unionism ---Early Sinn Fein that the Irish Problem is a constitutional problem and at the root of the problem is the unwritten undemocratic imposed nature of U.K.constitution in Ireland since 1801.

Two conditions are necessary for a democracy to be a democracy
(1) A democratic state should have a constitution, which carries the support of the overwhelming majority of its citizens.
(2) The state should have a free vote.

While condition (1) exists in the six county state, condition (2) does not. The unwritten imposed constitution is supported by a marginal majority of the six county population but is rejected by a significant minority The six county population is split over the constitution. This split is observable in the current set –up in the state. There are two heads of state involved in N.Ireland, two flags being flown, two anthems being sung, two passports being travelled on giving two conflicting identities. A state thus constituted is unstable ungovernable and is prone to communal conflict. N. Ireland is the only state in the world where such a constitutional anomaly exists.

However it is the contention of Federal Unionism – Early Sinn Fein that to solve the Irish Problem reform of U.K. constitution is essential. This can be done in the National Government of Ireland Act, which would give a written democratic constitution for the whole of Ireland in a U.K. context. Such a constitution should be made as acceptable to the Catholics of Kerry as to the Protestants of Derry.

For Ireland to be a peaceful united stable nation the following conditions are needed: -
(a)One written union constitution – THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND ACT. The Act should define the union as The Federal Kingdom of the Sovereign Nation of Ireland and Great Britain. However the Act would require much, much more than that. A full development of the Act can be found in the novel---THE WAY IRELAND OUGHT TO BE – published by Authorhouse, which is available in any bookshop or from any agency on the Internet.
(b)One Head of State, a reformed Crown, the Crown being known on British territory as the British Crown and on Irish territory as the Crown Irish.
©One flag --- The Royal Flag of Ireland A picture of this flag can be found on the Blog www.solvingtheirishproblem.blogspot.com The Flag shown on the Blog is the Irish Union flag and is the National Flag of Ireland and a symbol of the Federal Kingdom.
(d)One government for Ireland. A central government in Dublin with powers devolved to four Provincial Parliaments sited in each of the four provincial Capitals.
(e) One anthem, neither God Save the Queen or A Soldiers Song. There are many excellent songs in the Irish musical tradition, any of which would make an excellent Irish anthem.
(f)One passport giving an Irish identity, which recognises the Crown Irish as Head of State. The passport should be written in Irish and in English

It is the contention of Federal Unionism –Early Sinn Fein that only in this way and in no other way, can a united, constitutionally stable Irish Nation be realized. Such unity can only be realised in a NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND ACT, which gives Ireland a written democratically acceptable constitution in an Federal Kingdom context. Such unity and constitutional stability will not be found in a Republican constitution because such a constitution wounds the cultural psyche of Protestant Ireland, which is loyalty to the Crown. The Government of Ireland Act partitioned the Island only the National Government of Ireland Act can unite the Island.

In this sketch of Federal Unionism—Early Sinn Fein the concept indicates that unity be restored to the island. The set-up at Stormont is unacceptable. Right Wing Union Jack unionism has debased the wholesome concept of the union by forming an unholy and ungodly alliance with Marxist orientated Late Sinn Fein. With that sell-out the United Kingdom will have to be rethought as the Federal Kingdom. To do that the 1801 Act of Union will have to be replaced by a new improved Act of Union – THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND ACT.

On the other hand a military defeated Late Sinn Fein have sold the Irish people down the river by buying into the 1801 Act of Union at Stormont. They are now propping up a Right-Wing Union Jack Unionist state in the six counties. Late Sinn Fein are now happy to live with an armed garrison of 5000 British soldiers and an armed P.S.N.I. whose main constitutional role is to ram the1801 Act of Union down the throats of those who object to it at the point of a gun.

If the National Government of Ireland Act were in place either, ideally, in the whole of Ireland or else in N Ireland it would then be a constitutional imperative that the British army leave Ireland and that the police be unarmed c.f. THE WAY IRELAND OUGHT TO BE.

Again if the Act were in place the sickness of Ireland ---sectarianism-- would die out.


Michael Gillespie Federal Unionist – Early Sinn Fein
B.Ed B.Sc (Econ) Dip Ed D.A.S.E. M.A (Ed)