It’s early 2024. The Northern Ireland Assembly has just been reconstituted after an absence of two years. For our readers in GB and the rest of the punk world, this is a matter of little relevance. Except that in that Assembly of elected politicians are individuals who wholeheartedly – enthusiastically – endorse the view that our planet is only 6000 years old and that all of it was created in seven days by a beneficent God. These are not swivel-eyed loons on street corners, finding sin in every heart and braying through megaphones. These are career politicians. But whatever they are, however extreme and conservative their views, they are only mirrors to sections of their electorate. The most progressive of these people are yet to catch up with 20th century views and thoug...
