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I never thought i would say it but well done that man!
You snubbed the Queen and the DUP are hopping,take a bow.
You snubbed the Queen and the DUP are hopping,take a bow.
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Simply put they want the President of Ireland to take part in the 'celebration' centenary of the partition of Ireland. Micheal D is too busy cutting his toenails or something.
i agree partition has been a disaster but can't see any benefit to boycotting this, will just be used by unionists to say south doesn't accept Northern Ireland etc.
You are colluding with partition if you attend Joe,On top of that the dup have cut relations politically with the South, blank the thing is correct.
not a good look in my opinion
if he was invited he should go
if he was invited he should go
Naughty Leprechaun
Approved discrimination , thru gov propaganda . Coercion , the shame
Approved discrimination , thru gov propaganda . Coercion , the shame
will Higgins skipping this help or hinder the united ireland cause?
no one from the south of Ireland should have been invited , imho
thot the dup would've been busy preparing for the 10k anniversary of the creation.
Seems a perfectly acceptable move to me though on the issue of a united Ireland that must be decades off...you only have to see the marching season in the North to see how far away that is regardless of your politics...
Higgins is a left wing radical by the way
would have Ireland taking a million Afghan refugees if it was up to him
would have Ireland taking a million Afghan refugees if it was up to him
Play the ball Joe,not the man,You csn't have the Irish President 'celebrating' the breaking up of the Island of Ireland.Jeffrey trying to make political capital out of it is the funny point,how desperate.
Good post Brentford.
Good post Brentford.
Can’t really blame him for not going in fairness , it’s not as if he thinks it’s a good thing lol
lot of nonsense .
lot of nonsense .
No , in fact you will find it was the English who were the first people in Ireland
A bit like blaming Britain for partitioning India, with their having never united it themselves to begin with.
I don't think the English were the first people there. The English were pretty late arrivals to England, never mind Ireland.
Best thing that ever happened to the Indian people was England going there - well that was the case everywhere in the world
The Queen cannot make it either though to be fair there was good racing at Ascot last weekend.
Akabula bulling, never mind,She may make Glasgow. You can have Mr Coveney instead 
will be interesting when they try to list the successes and benefits of partition to NI
NI protestants really think southerners want to kill them
Nice fella, spoke to him for some time at the Glorney Cup a few years ago.
He has used his time in office to address issues concerning justice, social equality, social inclusion, anti-sectarianism, anti-racism, and reconciliation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins
In November 2016, Higgins received criticism from some sections of the Irish media for praising Fidel Castro, saying in a statement that he learned of Castro's death with "great sadness".[89]
In November 2016, Higgins received criticism from some sections of the Irish media for praising Fidel Castro, saying in a statement that he learned of Castro's death with "great sadness".[89]
he's a left wing idiot
you think everyone that isn't right wing fits that though G...
who'd have thought prioritising anti-sectarianism and reconciliation might be important...
you think everyone that isn't right wing fits that though G...
who'd have thought prioritising anti-sectarianism and reconciliation might be important...
https://www.glorneycupchess.org/event_2015/index_event_2015.htm
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That was a really nice venue.
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That was a really nice venue.
someone who is anti unionist and anti British shouldn’t be invited , imho
wants to fight sectarianism yet doesnt go to this 
also he's a great friend of refugees and migrants, would have the country full of them if it was up to him
also he's a great friend of refugees and migrants, would have the country full of them if it was up to him
who does he want to reconcile with if not unionists?
far more interested in fighting "racism"
far more interested in fighting "racism"
can't go to this realistically surely G ? endorsing a fundamentally though probably necessary status quo based on a mixture of failures and necessities of the prevailing world of those eras...attendance is controversial at best..
British people have to understand - the south of Ireland , and its politicians will never be a friendly neighbour
Not in the past , and not in the future.
Not in the past , and not in the future.
The same will happen in Scotland if the snp get their way
A damp squib yesterday, hardly made the news,with the Queen unwell surely another senior royal could have attended?
More likely distancing themselves from the loyalist politicans and who can blame them.
More likely distancing themselves from the loyalist politicans and who can blame them.
suitable senior royals getting a bit thin on the ground these days, Lapsy 
quite a timely illness for her majesty...
I think pre Brexit lfc the British/Irish relationship was very good and only continuing to head in one direction a very positive one,
many younger people especially don't (or didn't) have the same inevitable baggage of previous generations.
quite a timely illness for her majesty...
I think pre Brexit lfc the British/Irish relationship was very good and only continuing to head in one direction a very positive one,
many younger people especially don't (or didn't) have the same inevitable baggage of previous generations.
I don't think the relationship is bad Brentford,Ireland are rightly looking to keep the GFA agreement with the UK going,that is a red line so to speak.
I am pleased the centenary was a shambles,it was started out as a show of triumphalism,Micheal D knew it.
Enough young have the baggage but if the protocol is implemented properly the North of Ireland is in a position to capitalise massively economically especially if todays think tank findings of being used as a 'hub' are used asap.
I am pleased the centenary was a shambles,it was started out as a show of triumphalism,Micheal D knew it.
Enough young have the baggage but if the protocol is implemented properly the North of Ireland is in a position to capitalise massively economically especially if todays think tank findings of being used as a 'hub' are used asap.
Saw only a small part of it on the news , certainly not triumphalist
It was quite nice .
It was quite nice .
unionists are too embarrassed to hold a bigger ceremony
they know there is nothing to celebrate
NI has been 100 years of ethnic conflict and economic failure
they know there is nothing to celebrate
NI has been 100 years of ethnic conflict and economic failure
was such a success London had to step in and impose direct rule
On the contrary Giuseppe N Ireland has been one of the best of countries anywhere in the world to live
For the last 100 years
For the last 100 years
yeah mate
civil war and needs a £10 billion subsidy a year
civil war and needs a £10 billion subsidy a year
has there ever been a less successful country than Nortehrn Ireland
haiti maybe?
haiti maybe?
It wasn’t a civil war , most people had a happy life , with freedom and opportunities only dreamt of elsewhere
It may have been for one side who have well and truly fukked up, maybe it can be better for everyone in the future.
£5,000 a year subsidy for every man woman and child in NI, about £100 a week
i wish someone would give me £100 a week
i wish someone would give me £100 a week
London is the most heavily subsidised part of the U.K.
how do you calculate that?
the City is a huge tax earner for the UK
the City is a huge tax earner for the UK
UK economy without London wouldn't look good
a lot of the UK is quite poor
a lot of the UK is quite poor
it's only really London and the Home Counties that are wealthy
lot of deprivation in the welsh valleys and north of england
those places would be **** with social welfare
those places would be **** with social welfare
that's the irony of this levelling uo bullshit
there is already a massive redistribution of money from the south to the north
there is already a massive redistribution of money from the south to the north
i wish someone would give me £100 a week
Westminster does Guiseppe. Wishaw is in Scotland.
Westminster does Guiseppe. Wishaw is in Scotland.
there is no way places like northumberland could afford current social welfare / NHS bills without the south
We have things about right in Britain , and have done so all our lives
Do you know I was taking to someone this morning, his brother had died not long there was himself his brother - and he had nine sisters
no deprivation in the UK and nobody is poor, says lfc1971. Tell that to the familes of the poor bastards who starved to death because they had their benefits stopped and were too ill to leave their homes. Tell that to the people queing up at foodbanks because the govt have stopped their benefits for no reason whatsoever. You stupid ignoarmus k unt.
no deprivation in the UK and nobody is poor, says lfc1971. Tell that to the familes of the poor bastards who starved to death because they had their benefits stopped and were too ill to leave their homes. Tell that to the people queing up at foodbanks because the govt have stopped their benefits for no reason whatsoever. You stupid ignoarmus k unt.
not many families like that these days
imagine trying to hold down a career as a lawyer with 11 maternity leaves
imagine trying to hold down a career as a lawyer with 11 maternity leaves
they all did well , he actually played golf with Ballesteros His brother was a great footballer -had a trial with arsenal
The cost of paying rent/mortgage, heating a home,food inflation,fuel/travel, etc is getting uglier by the day,more and more are going to struggle and that is fact.
How essentials are measured will be robbing Peter to pay Paul and that isn't just UK.
How essentials are measured will be robbing Peter to pay Paul and that isn't just UK.
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