PlayingPla with peace

It was w possible to hope, ho last Wednesday afternoon, aft that the toxic idiocy idi of British politics might m recede a little. Even Ev as Boris Johnson spaffed sp truth and common c sense up the wall, in his seemingly vain effort to redeem his reputation, a slow defeated sigh, as of air leaving a leaking leak balloon, came from the rightwingers’ rebellion against aga the Windsor framework, fram the plan to rescue resc Northern Ireland from the worst w effects of Brexit.

That T evening, I went to Under Und the Black Rock by Tim Edge, Edg a play set during the Troubles Trou and performed at the th Arcola theatre in Dalston, Dals east London. It featured featu torture, murder, the destruction d of a family and the deaths of children as collateral co damage from bomb bom explosions, all of them realities of the conflict

that the Good Friday agreement helped to end. The play brought home the monstrosity of English politicians such as Johnson, who voted against the framework, casually playing games with peace. Do they really want this sort of stuff to come back?