Northern Ireland border

[sadloserkid]

And you don't live in the South?

I took it to mean that he lives in Ireland but has no faith in any of the mainstream political parties here and would understand why someone wouldn't rush to join up.

[Diggs246]

is it the same Sinn Féin ? ~ They don’t always seem to be the same party, North and South.

I think their whole party constitution is based around them and all of us being the same country
What I am sure of, is they are the biggest pack of Knackers on both sides of the border who will lie and bully and intimate everyone to get what they want

[The Fly]

I took it to mean that he lives in Ireland but has no faith in any of the mainstream political parties here and would understand why someone wouldn't rush to join up.

This issue goes way beyond the political parties of the day, and indeed politics itself.

In any case if someone bases their decision solely on the above, then a person in NI is comparing the various parties in the South to those in the NI Assembly and Westminster.

[Insidetherock]

1. This is hardly the place to discuss the future constitutional position of the island

2. I find the post by Diggs to be seriously offensive. Whether someone supports a particular party or not, there's no need for insulting someone nor using such an insult. I support SF, and make no apologies about it to anyone. I would never call a supporter of FF or FG the term used about, no matter how vociferously I disagreed with them.

3. On current polling, one in three people will also support SF in the next election, so using such language about those people is out of order also

4. Just to bring the thread back, I would like to see a United Ireland in football terms too, as I think it would only end with a better Irish team than either of the two seperate teams at the moment.

5. As long as its waiting for re-unification, we should look at every potential player for the Republic of Ireland team that we can, and make our team as strong as possible

[tetsujin1979]

Moved posts from a discussion in the national team forum to here

[Demesne Lad]

I was hoping someone would!

[ArdeeBhoy]

You'll all be glad to know that my attempt to stand as an MLA was declined...
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[dahamsta]

If at first you don't succeed!

[CraftyToePoke]

A few interesting between the lines bits coming out of this place in recent news.

The Presbyterian Church have selected a Republic based chief for the first time since 2000 and only the tenth time since partition despite it being a yearly election.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...372405356.html

A founding member of the DUP, Wallace Thompson, has said that given the changing religious demographics its time for an open and honest discussion on Irish unity and those aspiring to it need to reach out to people like him. That resistance to Rome Rule of 1912 is not relevant today & its time to acknowledge that.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65169196

BBC sees fit to report a young Unionist willing to consider voting SF because they at least make some sense to her on day to day stuff. The same article also talks about Bangor Academy, the largest school there, going to integrate education. ( for slow learners comes to mind but Unionists always did require patience )

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65176760