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Be interesting at next general election to see if DUP lose seats due to their involvement with brexit
They’ll lose south Belfast for certain
Be interesting at next general election to see if DUP lose seats due to their involvement with brexit
It's just a handful of extremists that oppose it, I'm sure they aren't all like that.The strange irony is that Stormont was brought back into being in the Belfast agreement almost entirely to please republicans and nationalists. Yet they are the ones blocking it from sitting.
Yesterday's result on NI law on gay marriage etc. just keeps NI same as the rest of the UK, surely more similarities between NI and the rest of the UK is a good thing for Unionists.
Said he with a large dollop of insincerity, knowing full well the laws on that are much the same in the republic.
If Westminster has decided to legislate for us, it shouldn't just pull cheap stunts like that one. It should get on with the administration of government that's currently strangling our public services, and cull our sick Badgers while it's at it.
I do think the government was right to withhold direct rule for a year or 18months to allow some rot to set in, and show the public that its necessary for someone to be in the driving seat of public services. However, we are well past that, and I think the government would be doing us all a service by reinstating the SOS in the role of administrator. Surely the general public or either colour would be glad to see money released to their public services, and waiting lists come down etc. And if local politicians decide unblock local democracy, then I'm sure the PM will happily and swiftly pull the SOS off the case.
That comment of “ hateful minority “ shows a lack of respect to people who think differently to you. Not on ?Feels good to join the rest of the uk in the 21st century, the hateful minority are slowly fading into irrelevance
Everyone is entitled to an opinionWe have to assume he's referring foremost to conservative Catholics...
IF i were to call a certain group of people the"hateful minority" whether it be gays Islam or whatever the BBC and the media would come down on me like a ton of bricks.i would find myself on a charge of hate crime from the police. respect works both ways?We have to assume he's referring foremost to conservative Catholics...
Feels good to join the rest of the uk in the 21st century, the hateful minority are slowly fading into irrelevance
Why on earth would I be interested in the religion of who opposed it?Indeed. Was very cheap of them. An insult to parliamentary process you might say.
@M-J-G you'll find that conservative Catholic voices were among the loudest in opposition to it.
Why on earth would I be interested in the religion of who opposed it?
Why does this have to be about religion?
It's so small minded to allow a religion/cult to dictate ones opinion.
And you bring religion into it again and imply that it is me, I rarely talk about religion, mythology or superstition.The implication of your post, and I quote,
"I just find it odd that NI wants separate status on gay rights etc. to the other parts of the country that they want to remain part of."
- is that it is only Protestant unionists who wanted a devolved decision on those matters, when in all likelihood, there is on the face of it much interest in it on both sides. Twas you who was trying to tie the topic to one community.
To be fair it is a bit of a chicken and egg situation. It is impossible not to bring religion into it because it is already part of it. Unfortunately, other than becoming agnostic like me, I see no way out of it.And you bring religion into it again and imply that it is me, I rarely talk about religion, mythology or superstition.
I find it sad that in 2019 that some people find the need to bring religious/cult beliefs and behaviour into these topics.
And you bring religion into it again and imply that it is me, I rarely talk about religion, mythology or superstition.
I find it sad that in 2019 that some people find the need to bring religious/cult beliefs and behaviour into these topics.
If I wanted to make a remark about a religeon I would not hesitate to do so, so there is no need for me to back track or cop out, if I wanted to criticise a religion it would be made plainly and would not be disguised.No that's a cop out actually. You want to back track and protest that you made no implication that religions were involved, when given your level of background knowledge of Northern Ireland (being from there yourself!), you couldn't NOT know the role of religions in influencing people's thinking on this. And the fact that you stated 'they want to be a part of (UK)' means you were pointing directly to the religious quarters of Unionism I.e. the DUP and TUV. Sorry, but I won't let you out of that one.