I am hardly a fan of “rap music”. Kneecap is a rap group led by DJ Provái. People might say that the name (a reference to the brutality of “kneecapping”…the punishment shooting of anti social elements by (mostly) republican paramilitaries) is inappropriate and in bad taste. Or that the rapper name “Provái” is also inappropriate and in bad taste. Not to mention that Provái wears a balaclava, a further reference to the bad old days but it is a nice colourful balaclava in Irish national colours.

Unionists and LetsGetAlongerists are up in arms because of a court case today. A settlement has been reached between Kneecap and the British Government because the British determined that to give a grant of £14,000 to Kneecap was not appropriate…as they are unashamedly nationalist.

The Belfast High Court has ruled this is discriminatory.

The minister responsible was Tory, Kemi Badenoch, who became leader of the British Conservatives earlier this month.

It does of course speak volumes for the position we are in.

I have long believed that in the long term nationalism cannot lose.

To grant £14,000 to Kneecap would be a victory for nationalism. A High Court ruling against the British is a bigger victory.

Heads we win. Tails you lose.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this.

Nationalism holds a ticket for an each way bet in a two horse race.

“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children” (Bobby Sands).