tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2326674589371834898..comments2024-03-29T13:37:11.174+00:00Comments on TPQ: Irish Unity Is Better For AllAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-90568225427849996272016-03-09T11:37:43.542+00:002016-03-09T11:37:43.542+00:00Sean,
No problems,happy to discuss ideas. Look fo...Sean,<br /><br />No problems,happy to discuss ideas. Look forward to your next piece.<br /><br />AM,<br /><br />The Shinners pockets are well lined in Stormont, does anybody know what a TD makes in comparison? The loathsome DUP seem to do alright too.<br /><br />Maybe the Shinners are closet 'economic unionists'! LOLSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7627350482849203542016-03-09T07:46:29.064+00:002016-03-09T07:46:29.064+00:00Steve,
an honest error indeed but he should have...Steve, <br /><br />an honest error indeed but he should have told us he was reading the Gerry Adams Guide To Economics. That is where that sort of error occurs frequently enough AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61071023316719194282016-03-09T00:19:11.281+00:002016-03-09T00:19:11.281+00:00Thanks for the replies, especially yourself Steve,...Thanks for the replies, especially yourself Steve, found that really useful. The demand for a fully secular society is instantly agreeable and likewise the proposal for 'integrated' education. There is no reason why that could not be achieved. I'm more thinking about whether you would want to retain the right to a British passport or for the North to remain self-governing within an Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86894183752162821932016-03-08T23:52:56.313+00:002016-03-08T23:52:56.313+00:00Frankie,
Why can't Peter be both Irish and an...Frankie,<br /><br />Why can't Peter be both Irish and an Ulster Unionist?<br /> <br />'Irish' in this instance would be a ethnic cultural identity, and Unionist would be a political leaning. Not all Irish people are Republicans or Constitutional Nationalists, so I don't really understand what you mean?<br /><br />And you know perfectly well he may have made an honest error and Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47924191427293000692016-03-08T21:50:04.321+00:002016-03-08T21:50:04.321+00:00Peter your maths don't add up...
"As I h...Peter your maths don't add up...<br /><br />"As I have said to you before I have moved 360 degrees from where I was during the Troubles. "<br /><br />If you have moved 360 degrees then you have surely come full circle and are back to where you started...<br /><br />Then you say "I am now proud to call myself Irish and I am no longer opposed to a UI. I am for now an economic frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78309356394092730712016-03-08T21:17:10.761+00:002016-03-08T21:17:10.761+00:00Sean,
There would need to be a new constitution d...Sean,<br /><br />There would need to be a new constitution drawn up in the Republic specifically enshrining a complete separation of Church and State, coupled with assimilating all religious schools into a new National Schooling system. This would go some way to laying to rest the age old Unionist fear of being 'under the rule of Rome in Dublin'. All Churches want to get into the heads ofSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45521612766724416592016-03-08T20:56:23.441+00:002016-03-08T20:56:23.441+00:00Sean
With all due respect I don't need accomod...Sean<br />With all due respect I don't need accomodated by traditional republicanism. I live in a totally unionist area but have no interest in orange parades or flute bands. I am pretty sure that NI will still exist when my turn to leave this world arrives, and I have no children so don't care what happens then. The 1916 Societies and the other micro groups hold no relevance for me, you Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18029846195658624572016-03-08T19:18:25.446+00:002016-03-08T19:18:25.446+00:00Peter, what would you like us to do uo accommodate...Peter, what would you like us to do uo accommodate you? If you don't tell us how can we consider it. I'd appreciate your inputSean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-21928470325555922472016-03-08T16:59:49.777+00:002016-03-08T16:59:49.777+00:00John
The other elephant in the room is the increas...John<br />The other elephant in the room is the increasing number of catholics who describe themselves as Northern Irish and who regularly tell pollsters that they don't want unity. I disagree also about the diehards. DUPers are very upbeat about the future of NI. As for this oft repeated remark that the British want nothing to do with us, I hear it a lot in debates on unity. I could also sayPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33623625276403440772016-03-08T16:29:31.913+00:002016-03-08T16:29:31.913+00:00The elephants in the room go unmentioned; A whole ...The elephants in the room go unmentioned; A whole new generation of young protestant/unionists regard themselves as northern/ulster Irish ( check out Irish passport applications) - the increasing number who have learned Irish and are rediscovering our stunning ancient history. Even the 'die hard' unionists/Loyalists in their bones know that N.I. currently has no future - moral, economic, Ollamh Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118351794046868993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3397580257722150512016-03-08T11:38:56.408+00:002016-03-08T11:38:56.408+00:00Sean
As I have said to you before I have moved 360...Sean<br />As I have said to you before I have moved 360 degrees from where I was during the Troubles. I am now proud to call myself Irish and I am no longer opposed to a UI. I am for now an economic unionist and I don't think you have a case to make on the financial benefits of a UI. We are better off with Britain. However many unionists still oppose any notion of a UI for reasons of identityPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-74576469550394218442016-03-07T21:12:41.783+00:002016-03-07T21:12:41.783+00:00Steve, are there any circumstances in which you co...Steve, are there any circumstances in which you could envisage unionists feeling comfortable and 'belonging' in a United Ireland? It's not a rhetorical question as I'm genuinely interested in your opinion.<br /><br />My own vision for a United Ireland is one where power is shared out rather than centralised in a unitary state. Should that mean the Six Counties continuing as a Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58597731500217006192016-03-06T21:53:14.076+00:002016-03-06T21:53:14.076+00:00Unsurprisingly, this entire article does absolutel...Unsurprisingly, this entire article does absolutely nothing to address Ulster Unionist concerns in the 6 counties. Simply saying there is an economic case for a United Ireland reduces Unionists to being nothing but slaves to money, and completely ignores the fact that they see themselves as British.<br /><br />Why would ANY political party give up territory where it is in the majority, to move Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.com