John Hume -
His achievement and its limitations
This article was originally written in September 2020 for the first edition of the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics and Art. A fuller version of much the same argument, but without any particular emphasis on the role of John Hume, can be found in the article Northern Ireland - what was the war all about? elsewhere on this website. The present article can be downloaded as a PDF here
Two real achievements
A disruptive system of government
A stable system of government?
Two sovereign governments?
Charles Haughey and the dangers for the Southern government
The 'peace process'