1971 AD - 2 March - July 

                                                                                                                                   "S.D.L. P. / Social Democratic Party Recognized."

March 10th: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, the bodies of John Mac Caig, Joseph Mac Caig and Dougall Mac Caughy who were members of the British Imperial Military Forces from the Royal Highlands Fusiliers were discovered near Belfast Airport in the north - east of Co. Antrim in the Ulster Province as they had been out to a bar where they had run into members of the "Provisional Anti - Treaty I.R.A. - Provos" and were basically only young Scottish youths and everyone in Ireland was "shocked" by their deaths and the British Conservative Government then put out an order recalling all of their British Imperial Forces under 18 years of age.  William Hull who was from the Belfast Shipyards in Co. Antrim led a march of his workers to the Stormont Parliament expressing the non - Catholic anger over the "killings" of such young people demanding "Internment without Trial" for any "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." suspects.

     In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, Major James Dawson Chichester - Clark the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Prime Minister was in big "trouble" once again, but instead of doing something positive, all he did was to appeal to the the British Conservative Government to bring in, "Internment without Trial" to which they "refused" to do and informed him that they were of the opinion that the British Imperial Military Forces would return the 6 Counties, still under their control to an "acceptable normality."

March 17th: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, Major James Chichester - Clark the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Prime Minister went over to England once again to try and obtain increased "military" assistance from the British Conservative Government, so they gave him another 1,000 British Military Force and also more "armoured cars," but personally by now he had "run his race," and he informed Edward Heath the British Conservative Prime Minister, that he could no longer carry on as the Prime Minister in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province.

March 18th: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, Lord Carrington and Sir Geoffrey Baker the British Imperial Military Chief of the General Staff, arrived in Belfast in Co. Antrim from England and tried to get Major James Chichester - Clark to stay on as the Prime Minister for them in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province that were still under their control, and the British Military Defence Secretary also saw him later on again to reconsider his position, but he was determined to "step down."      

March 22nd: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, Major James Dawson Chichester - Clark "resigned" his position, and received a Peerage from the British Conservative Government when he was created Lord Myola, as the 5th Prime Minister of these 6 Counties in Ulster Province during the 50 years of total Ascendancy "Official" Unionist control there as they all had been from the English Establishment / Old Boys including Sir James Craig / Lord Craigavon, Andrews, Brooke/ Lord Brookeborough, Sir Terence O Neill / Lord O Neill and Sir James Chichester - Clark / Lord Myola, attending either Eton or Oxford there. At the following Ascendancy "Official" Unionist meeting he made a statement in which he basically came to the "realisation," even though it was too late for him, that there would have to be "further reforms" carried out for the Irish Catholic population in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province,  "To create conditions in which such men and such activities can never prosper."     

March 23rd: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, Arthur "Brian" Faulkner, a "Presbyterian" from Co. Down one of these 6 Counties in Ulster Province, who had previously been  Sir Major James Chichester - Clark's second in command, became the "last" Prime Minister of these 6 Counties in Ulster province with 26 votes when he "defeated" the other Ascendancy Unionist hard - line anti - Catholic Sir William Craig who received only 4 votes, to become the new Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Party "leader" as his particular disposition had suited the other hard - line Unionists better. Later on he would also be created Baron Faulkner by the British Conservative Government, and his opponent Sir William Craig stated at this time, that he would "only last a year," a prediction that was surely to come about.

May End: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, some of the members of the "Provisional Anti - Treaty IRA / Provos" bombed a bar in the Shankhill Road without warning, and Brian Faulkner the new Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Prime Minister in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province demanded that the British Imperial Military Forces from now on were to "fire" on all suspicious persons.

June 22nd: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, proposals were now put forward for "further reform" and Brian Faulkner the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Prime Minister intended, for once, to recommend a "whole new positive" Committee system for the Stormont Government to bring in 3 Advisory Committees that would include the appointment of 2 Irish Catholics from the S.D.L. P. / Social Democratic Party to the chairmanship of two of them, but he was then verbally  "attacked" by the Rev. Ian Paisley the hard - line religious bigot for even suggesting "such a thing" although the "Provisional Anti - Treaty IRA / Provos" were not too excited about it either.

July 7th: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, during the Easter marches the "Official Anti - Treaty I.R.A." became known as the Stickies after sticking on their paper Lillies with adhesive, while their other half the "Provos / Provisional Anti - Treaty I.R.A.'s" new title was Stickybacks as they used a "pin" to secure them instead and during the march by the junior Orangemen on the Tuesday in East Belfast in Co. Antrim an "nti - Treaty I.R.A. Provisional" opened "fire" on them, shooting 4, while on the Springfield Road also a "bomb" was thrown into the police barracks and Sergeant Willets was "killed" who was to be awarded the George Cross for bravery when he saved an Irish Catholic woman and two children together with another man by his actions.

July 8th: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, "riots" began again in the Bogside area at Derry in Co. Derry, which was still under the control of the British Military Anglian Regiment and 2 Irish Catholics were "killed" by the British Imperial Military Forces there after an armoured car was rammed and the Royal Military Anglian Regiment came under "attack" by the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A," as they came to it's assistance, and one of these was Desmond Beattie a 19 year old unemployed youth who was "shot dead" with one shot. The other man who was "killed" was Seamus Cusack a 28 year old who was at that time just walking along the street in the morning, and the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A. / Provisional Anti - Treaty IRA / Provos" then organized a "rally" in protest against the unecessary "killings" at the Bogside. Ruairi O Bradaigh the President of the "political" Provisional Sinn Fein Party stated that the Republicans will have to bring down the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Government in Stormont if the "Troubles" were ever going to "end" in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province, and Maire Drumm their Vice - President declared that "everyone" should now "join" the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." to try and get the British Imperial Government "out" of Ireland altogether to "stop" the "madness." The "Official Anti - Treaty I.R.A." also came out stating that it was sometimes necessary when faced with "outright Imperialist aggression" to "reply" in the same language of the "bullet and the bomb," by now it seemed that they had all had "enough" of the whole 50 years of the "sorry mess."

     In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, Brian Faulkner the Prime Minister of the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government was expressing his "personal view" now, "That out of the evil in Derry may come some good," while once again he was pushing Edward Heath the Conservative British Prime Minister in England to allow him to bring in more negativity by allowing him to introduce, "Internment without Trial" in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province still under their control.       

July 23rd: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, hundreds of the British Imperial Military Forces now carried out further "raids" on the "homes" of the people in these 6 Counties, after a list was drawn up of suspects including anyone the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Government thought was "against them," and by co - incidence they were nearly all Irish Catholics, so the S.D.L. Party met under John Hume to discuss the previous "killing" of the 2 innocent Irish Catholic men in Derry, and Gerry Fitt their leader withdrew the  S.D.L.P. / Social Democratic Labour Party from the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist controlled Stormont Parliament as Lord Balniel, the Conservative Minister of Defence, had "refused" to hold an "inquiry" into the previous "deaths" of Seamus Cusack and Desmond Beattie. Gerry Fitt also demanded that the British Conservative Government "withdraw" their British Military Forces out of Ireland altogether. Once again the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Government were free of any real chance of any "Opposition" in the Stormont Parliament in these 6 Counties and the "ultimate prison" to be known as "The Maze" at Lisburn near Long Kesh in Co. Antrim was already being "set up" by the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government to be used as their "Internment Camp."

July 31st:  In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, to create "greater pressure" on the population there the British Conservative Government's Military Forces were moved into Derry in Co. Derry where the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." had their "No Go" areas, which they had originally set up to "protect" the Irish Catholic residents there, and to try and keep the chance of any "clashes" occurring, while at the same time Reginald Maudling the British Conservative Government's Overseerer in England of these 6 Counties went on T.V. there in England mentioning that he was intending to bring in "Internment without Trial" in these 6 Counties in Ireland that were still under their control.  

     The "Provisional Anti - Treaty IRA /  Provos" had constantly increased their "bombings" there in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province during June and July and by now had exploded 125 devices.

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