tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post4719185868454328473..comments2024-03-29T10:10:03.288+00:00Comments on TPQ: Don't Lead With Your ChinAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91316846248161133342020-12-10T11:39:11.033+00:002020-12-10T11:39:11.033+00:00the last documentary I saw on the matter one of th...the last documentary I saw on the matter one of the journalists commented that the Paras were so reviled that there was little sympathy for them when they took the hit.<br />However, the Shinners are not so surefooted as the above comment would suggest they should be. Stanley's reluctance to hold his ground is an indication that they are apprehensive about something. If not the electorate, AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-53089443896763754862020-12-10T11:28:10.322+00:002020-12-10T11:28:10.322+00:00My take on that Tweet is that, even with the withd...My take on that Tweet is that, even with the withdrawl, basically it plays well with the nationalist electorate. The Parachute regiment are reviled across Ireland, with much justification, and the deaths of 16 of them at Narrow Water was (is?) seen as belated comeuppance for Ballymurphy and Bloody Sunday. Narrow Water, unlike the Mountbatten murders, is about the "cleanest" IRA Brandon Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846523287559978645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-44316861541083042862020-12-10T07:40:16.493+00:002020-12-10T07:40:16.493+00:00They are doing well in the polls because they look...They are doing well in the polls because they look fresh compared to the staleness of what is in office. Their ability to progress was held back by the odour of decomposition which caused too many to hold their noses. But once they put Mary Lou in place a rise seemed certain, notwithstanding the wobbles. They are unlikely to make any change in government if they get in. More of the same - they AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16808035892792033542020-12-09T19:01:44.885+00:002020-12-09T19:01:44.885+00:00Great article. So why are they seemingly doing so ...Great article. So why are they seemingly doing so well in the opinion polls . Mind boggling .Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605883932507199180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35247130703275470742020-12-07T13:58:52.938+00:002020-12-07T13:58:52.938+00:00Sinn Fein are quickly becoming the Basil Fawlty or...Sinn Fein are quickly becoming the Basil Fawlty or Hyancth Bucket of Irish politics they want to be at the top table but have no idea how to behave when they get there. Their needfulness to become accepted is driving them mad why do people keep scolding us, they just don’t get that every politician can’t wait to nail some scandal on the another’s back it’s what they do best <br />Why are they Boyne Roverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482076205116307157noreply@blogger.com