tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post264516653682750033..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Cutting Through McNarry's InsultsAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49113465158629070752019-01-08T23:43:08.099+00:002019-01-08T23:43:08.099+00:00Barry,
"Yes the European Commission has a mo...Barry,<br /><br />"Yes the European Commission has a monopoly on initiating legislation but the European Parliament has the power to veto legislation and nominees for the Commission"<br /><br />Marvelous, now how many UK Mp's are there voting for UK only interests in that EU Parliament pray tell? Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55048173129566741892019-01-04T19:37:52.266+00:002019-01-04T19:37:52.266+00:00Martin needs to explain why a “cultivated” populac...Martin needs to explain why a “cultivated” populace in the islands North has vital and decisive input to a British plebiscite (Brexit), but not to an Irish one (GFA) ? <br /><br />If a people’s lack of comprehension in the complexities should render the result void, should we then remove the democratic franchise from those with low IQ’s? Those who can’t speak in the host tongue (English in this DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58966088335946862222019-01-03T15:44:41.656+00:002019-01-03T15:44:41.656+00:00The European Union has its democratic deficits lik...The European Union has its democratic deficits like all governmental institutions but rather than it being a junta, Steve R, it is an association of (as it stands) 28 liberal democracies, the elected governments which duly nominate their EU Commissioner<br />. Yes the European Commission has a monopoly on initiating legislation but the European Parliament has the power to veto legislation and Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-44834723011076802302019-01-02T20:50:34.581+00:002019-01-02T20:50:34.581+00:00Ps Speaking on those terms and slightly unrelated ...Ps Speaking on those terms and slightly unrelated to this post ....I know we have the Lilly at Easter, but what about something specific for the Blanketmen on 14th September (Keiran Nugents first day in Blanket) ? Like some small patch of plain (brown) cloth worn on the lapel ? It should be a homemade item, with no central organising body to exploit for their own ends independent of any current DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33112450391589760912019-01-02T20:21:47.088+00:002019-01-02T20:21:47.088+00:00"Millions in the twenty-six counties had no v..."Millions in the twenty-six counties had no vote"<br /><br />They did, it was called the Treaty of Nice and it was Dublin's surrender of Sovereignty to the EU. <br /><br />Why should the UK feel guilty about refusing the same junta?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22314376994919784222019-01-02T19:45:12.621+00:002019-01-02T19:45:12.621+00:00I hear this too often :
“...little Englanders who...I hear this too often :<br /><br />“...little Englanders who imagined Brexit heralding a return to Empire glory...”<br /><br />But surveys and polls before and after consistently return sovereignty and immigration as the prime reasons why the British voted leave. Instead of insulting them, why don’t Irish Unity advocates ignore what a hostile media tells them are the motives , and try and DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com