It's because nobody really gives a damn, ard mhacha.
... as we all know.

I have said it before, and I'll say it again, that your average Brit is as anti Irish as at least your average Unionist.

Let us all consider, however, Governments and Assemblies formed in other political hotspots, a bit further away from our own back yard and see how they sell their processes to their General Public.
Guns, folks, are never really part of the equation.

Are they?

The average Brit has an almost morbid fascination with wallowing in the double standard.
Probably more so than your average right-wing oppressive regime anywhere else that you could mention.
At least there's no such thing as your average American anymore, but at least they all have a tendency to call a spade a spade, every once in a while.

Anti-Irish, and double standards.
A heady mix, even in the most trying of circumstances.

The media serve up rose-tinted column inches to people who just want to be re-assured that they're still the best at everything, and that they have it all sussed.

No need for sunglasses.

Prescription lenses will be provided
(Ian Paisley) sic