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I don't know enough about NI but my understanding was the farc were only being given 5 seats out of 300-odd(?).... Not really meaningful from a power POV.
Watching channel 4 news I was a bit disappointed by their description of things like the subsidies and lack of jail sentences, as its not quite that simple.
Knowing people who lost people to the Provo IRA and who still seath when they see folk like Geary Adams on TV I understand how hard it is. But you need to make unpalatable compromises for peace. When viewed in the broad context the farc got totally spanked in the negotiations... It's sad the tiny fraction needed to pass the yes vote couldn't see that.
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What went wrong here, politics wise, is the grouping of parties in unionist / republican / other, with others given less power and no proper opposition keeping them vs us politics rumbling on.
But FARC having so few seats seems reasonable, I'm not sure about long term consequences as the constitution needs changed.
But the most affected regions voted yes, so no voters going on that this isn't text book perfect justice is a little easy for them!
JWestland
I'm very disappointed with that :(
I can understand people want full normal punishments, but that was impossible to broker in Northern Ireland too.
I'm not sure about fact being guaranteed seats, again the compromises made to standard democracy in NI still cause problems years on.
In an ideal world etc...but it's not and I hope another solution is found.