More nonsense. Plus despise Ukip and don't live in Britain!
I think the SDLP and UUP were right (from their own POV) to leave the Politburo. They had no real influence over its decisions but still got blamed for them. Whether it stops or reverses their decline is up in the air.Originally Posted by Owls Fan
The problem particularly for the UUP is that they can't credibly claim to oppose the DUP when still prepared for a no-contest deal with Arlene against their supposed opposition partner
In the last Assembly, there was an Opposition of two: Allister on purely procedural issues, Agnew on social nd economic policy. Widening that out even to four or five people must help. Alliance's attitude will be interesting.
I mentioned SF as one influence on change, among others (including the Civil Rights Movement). But by 1972 I think it was clear that Provo violence was the main factor.
I respect your personal opinion on abortion, but is it really than widely held? In broad terms, people with strong religious faith tend to oppose abortion; supporters of the right to choose, or legal reform etc. tend to be atheist or agnostic.
Like the Green Party, you mean? Your proof is about as strong as ahalf of shandyOriginally Posted by Charlie Darwin
You might as well claim that Wolfman living basically his entire life in Britain makes him a UKIP activist.
More nonsense. Plus despise Ukip and don't live in Britain!
I see your manager has the same natural instincts as I, although he immediately remembered which side his bread is buttered on and recalibrated: https://twitter.com/RTEsoccer/status/735403536763129856
South Korea?
I don't happen to agree with these pieces, but they're interesting all the same, on being leftist and opposing abortion rights: http://www.counterpunch.org/2003/01/...-and-the-left/ and http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyl...any-less-lefty
Cretins vote for Brexit. Who knew?
Still increases the likelihood of a UI albeit not straight away.
Expect a vote in the North in the next year or two anyway. I'd imagine there'll be a vote in the south much sooner.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
The vote in the south and the north would happen in tandem anyway. First things first, Scotland have to have another go.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Not wanting to be controversial, but definitely what Fly said. No way the North could ever be fully independent from either Britain or Ireland.
The "Independent Ulster [sic]" movement was always a fringe element within loyalism, if it still has any serious adherents at all. Nobody considers it a credible option.
Anecdotally, I've seen quite a number of "soft" or "default" unionists declare their serious interest in Irish re-unification on social media and around the web. That's incredible. A seismic shift in outlook overnight.
Really?
I think being locked out of the EU surrounded by loyalist pro-Brexit butters is a sobering thought.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
butters?
Quite a few on Twitter, NI Reddit and Slugger O'Toole. When Scotland goes, that'll be it. A Protestant from unionist community in Belfast told me (paraphrasing) that the referendum was the last straw for him. He suggested England was now "officially a racist country" and that he didn't want to be part of that. If there was a border poll tomorrow, he said he was 80 per cent sure he would vote for Irish unity. If and when Scotland goes, he said he'd support unity 100 per cent, although he did say it's difficult to be too vocal about it for obvious reasons. I'd imagine many "neutrals" and "soft" unionists feel the same sense of alienation.
Cultural nationalists or Catholics who might have been economic unionists or content with 'status quo' are traumatised and livid. This article relates to an example of the latter who refers to herself as part of the "Rory McIlroy generation": http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/nat...ivid-1-7449338
I'm a bit shell-shocked by it all myself and think it'll bring hardship and difficulty in the short-term, but it also presents a real incentive and opportunity to build a progressive, inclusive united Ireland for all. I sense that people in the south would be much more interested in the idea of unity if they knew if wouldn't be hassle or cause significant tension with unionists.Originally Posted by News Letter
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