Characters

 Jake "-hates politics""- doesn't have an opinion on politics""- Catholic --> not really""- 'studied this stuff' (p.96)""- political goals justify violence (p.96)""- 'Violence is wrong' (p.294)"".'There is no end, there is only means. It's fucking pointless' (p.293)""- makes fun of the 'Just Us' party and its leadership" Aoirghe "- 'It's always political' (p.97)""- very interested in poltics""- Irish freedom fighter --> wants the whole country to be united ('A united Ireland is an achievable goal' p.294)""-'It was regrettable but the end justifies the means' (p.293, about the bomb blast)" Chuckie "- not at all interested in politics --> doesn't even think about it""- Protestant""-'The majority politics in Northern Ireland were not political.' (p.381)""-overtakes the 'Just Us' Party""- is against radicalism ( thinks Jimmy Eve is a 'duplicitous Nazi' p.334)"""