Ian Paisley is holding all the aces in the cartoon. Is that the reason for the adjective 'savage' in Ambrose's intro?

It's a good reflection, however, on reality. A hugely increased mandate, and the UK, Irish and US governments agree with the DUP position that the IRA needs to give up all its weapons before any real and lasting progress will be made in Northern Ireland.

I trust Ian Paisley is better at cards with Jerry and co., than was the unfortunate Mr. Trimble.

6CP - it's more subtle than that - Paisley is playing solitaire - and with only aces ...meanwhile in the background Gerry is carrying on playing with TB - and take a look at what Gerry has sticking out of his sleeve ;)

Way to go, Jerry. Wouldn't it be wonderful if he could deliver the IRA to the Brits.

My guess is, SF are keeping that card for the Irish electorate.

Having a card up yer sleeve is only useful if the people you are playing with are unaware of its existance.

The thing I noticed about the cartoon was the title, and the fact that Tony was looking at his watch.

Right on. It's taking a long time for the problem (read: IRA) to go away.

SF have a long finger strategy. It's taken them 100 years to get this far, and they are not much closer to seeing their ultimate goal (32 county Ireland, controlled by SF) accomplished. They certainly have a lot of patience.

I thought that Papa Doc (Hon) was playing a game of patience in the cartoon, not subscribing to the Americanisation of all terminology. A multi barrelled (if you will forgive the term) approach.

Who`s talking about a review? That`s a straw man.

The old GFA`s a dead duck. Anyone for another game of poker?

If king Pragmatist Bertie Ahern has said there will be no negotiation of the Agreement then that's clear. And I'm a small plastic Teapot called Jeremy.