"why don't the people of NI realise that the only way forward is to shelve the who hit who first crap and concentrate on the future"

It is the likes of yourself who are concentrating on the who hit who second, strategem.
We can hardly be blamed for button-holing you on this, and putting you right.

Something I admire about England?

Tha fact that some of its people don't buy into defending an oppressive State, such as you live in.

That, Colman's Mustard, and Fairport Convention