tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1253262696371728390..comments2024-03-28T13:35:30.500+00:00Comments on TPQ: The Irish Republic Is The ‘Big Idea’ Of Our TimeAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82574523281617129542022-06-06T00:31:52.361+01:002022-06-06T00:31:52.361+01:00Alas it's just another load of hot air with no...Alas it's just another load of hot air with no trousers.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65125826865548885312022-06-06T00:29:28.040+01:002022-06-06T00:29:28.040+01:00Terry,
Spot on, just look at the rise in the Alli...Terry,<br /><br />Spot on, just look at the rise in the Alliance vote.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71657264603195066852022-06-05T09:06:58.592+01:002022-06-05T09:06:58.592+01:00The results of the next census, or the sectarian h...The results of the next census, or the sectarian headcount as most people will view it, are predicted to show a Catholic majority. That is not the same as Nationalist majority. It does however, mean that there will be more people raised in a non-Unionist household, which is not quite the same. <br /><br />Also the notion of an instant all Ireland state will certainly not be the basis of any new Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14098008693125731263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85175159117503766032022-06-05T07:57:58.541+01:002022-06-05T07:57:58.541+01:00A piece that challenges chronically ineffectual re...A piece that challenges chronically ineffectual republican purism but how do we measure the size of an idea in order to attach the label "the big idea of our time" to it? Strategy is about a planning the stages and steps towards an objective and tactics is about the application of that plan so that strategy might be tested and implemented. The Republic as a big idea seems more of a AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com