tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post8077741698660990625..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: A Poll, A Poll! My Kingdom For A Poll .... Well, One That Is Accurate Anyway!AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85259553165504454552016-07-04T10:20:01.383+01:002016-07-04T10:20:01.383+01:00Steve Ricaardos
I just threw that in there for &#...Steve Ricaardos<br /><br />I just threw that in there for 'effect' I'm applying for a job at the BBC next week lollarry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-72045091454052042062016-07-03T23:30:17.399+01:002016-07-03T23:30:17.399+01:00Chc,
Fair enough, just wasn't sure you were a...Chc,<br /><br />Fair enough, just wasn't sure you were aware of it that's all.<br /><br />Larry,<br /><br />It was "Doctor" Coulter I was referring to, not Anthony. Mackers needs a good shave before I'd mistake him for Prod!! LOL<br /><br />What 'ill gotten gains' from Ireland are you referring to though Larry, genuinely curious?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70539033619028170042016-07-03T18:17:10.341+01:002016-07-03T18:17:10.341+01:00Steve Ricardos
You know what they say, we all kno...Steve Ricardos<br /><br />You know what they say, we all know who our mammy is, daddy on the other hand is anyone's guess. <br /><br />Never heard Mackers referred to as a unionist before. <br /><br />I stick with my contention that Presbyterians tested the water here after the 2nd English civil war AKA the American war of independence and after a swift 'shoe-shining' they swanned afflarry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82764298533148054722016-07-03T09:24:25.333+01:002016-07-03T09:24:25.333+01:00Steve Ricardos,republicans will never recognise th...Steve Ricardos,republicans will never recognise the so called monarchy and you were the one to bring it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786762654948230944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69016183061862663242016-07-03T02:45:52.397+01:002016-07-03T02:45:52.397+01:00Chc..
OK, no harm done. I've been pulled up h...Chc..<br /><br />OK, no harm done. I've been pulled up here for losing my temper before so am in no position to judge lol<br /><br />Funnily enough its a unionist 'Doctor' on here who usually gets my goat. Go figure.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9997562053996631032016-07-03T02:42:47.890+01:002016-07-03T02:42:47.890+01:00"Scottish Presbaterians in Ulster to wrestle ... "Scottish Presbaterians in Ulster to wrestle over the spoils in Ireland with their Anglican English numerically inferior but socially superior English masters in Ireland."<br /><br />You're winding bastard Larry lol<br /><br />Presbyterians were also subjected to the penal laws, a common cause with the RC's.It was CE Knox who engineered the sectarian shite to divide the United Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61978940543660372252016-07-02T15:50:32.498+01:002016-07-02T15:50:32.498+01:00Irish (sick) republicanism was nothing more than a...Irish (sick) republicanism was nothing more than a mechanism briefly flirted with by Scottish Presbaterians in Ulster to wrestle over the spoils in Ireland with their Anglican English numerically inferior but socially superior English masters in Ireland. The millions of enslaved/dispossessed Irish RCs were only seen as a possible ally - cannon fodder. When 1798 was swatted like a fly the larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85485461668685632272016-07-02T09:42:59.138+01:002016-07-02T09:42:59.138+01:00Steve Ricardos,i don't know you. But i think i...Steve Ricardos,i don't know you. But i think i may be directing my posts towards you by mistake. We may have more in common than you think. Personally i find the religion question offensive. Republicanism was founded by protestants. I myself have never been catholic,protestant or even christian:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786762654948230944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23623029558444052952016-07-02T09:39:34.892+01:002016-07-02T09:39:34.892+01:00Steve Ricardod, this might be a case of mistaken i...Steve Ricardod, this might be a case of mistaken identity. I am a taigy atheist:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786762654948230944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47884082486904798322016-07-02T06:48:19.863+01:002016-07-02T06:48:19.863+01:00Chc,
Why do you think I'm a monarchist? I'...Chc,<br /><br />Why do you think I'm a monarchist? I'd prefer the inbred fuckwit greco-german lot of them would be disbanded and the money from the sale of the property put into public hospitals and education.<br /><br />I mentioned the fact that SOVEREIGN republics are in equal members of the commonwealth as a potential solution for republicans 'united Ireland'. As it stands the Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-83475033685301187222016-07-01T19:43:21.273+01:002016-07-01T19:43:21.273+01:00Steve Ricardos
Aye, but are you a Catholic Social...Steve Ricardos<br /><br />Aye, but are you a Catholic Socialist or a Protestant Socialist? lol. <br />I think the word republicanism is evil incarnate for unionists/loyalists in the north. I think unionism likewise is evil in its MO to Irish nationalists. Not so much prisoners of history as prisoners of terminolgy. larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10370637816256861402016-07-01T15:51:41.678+01:002016-07-01T15:51:41.678+01:00Steve Ricardos,a socialist who is also a monarchis...Steve Ricardos,a socialist who is also a monarchist. Hmm. Why should Ireland compromise on its sovereignty? And why with all this reaching out and reconciliation is it only nationalists and Ireland itself that must compromise? We are told republicans should be commemorating the Somme today just because some deluded naive nationalists fought there. Why aren't protestants told to commemorate Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786762654948230944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45122118132900271642016-06-30T22:44:44.934+01:002016-06-30T22:44:44.934+01:00Chc,
So you want an 'United Ireland' with...Chc,<br /><br />So you want an 'United Ireland' with absolutely no compromise or token nod given to the million odd people in the North East, much less acknowledge their cultural history, yes?<br /><br />How's that worked out for you so far?<br /><br />And by the way I'm a fu*king SOCIALIST who gives less f*cks about the Windsors than I do about the fu*king Tory party. <br /><br Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49083276631839663892016-06-30T17:48:37.777+01:002016-06-30T17:48:37.777+01:00Besides,i see a day in the not too distant future ...Besides,i see a day in the not too distant future where both the uk and monarchy no longer exist. You unionists are always stuck with your head in the past. You are incapable of thinking outside the box.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786762654948230944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67716441986080396742016-06-30T17:45:54.120+01:002016-06-30T17:45:54.120+01:00Steve Ricardos
So what? I don't want a so call...Steve Ricardos<br />So what? I don't want a so called queen as a figurehead or otherwise. The so called monarchy and so called united kingdom should no influence whatsoever in Ireland even symbolically. It would be an insult to the millions of Irish murdered by the british terror state.<br />It never ceases to amaze me how little you unionists know about republicans.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786762654948230944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-27240596947850509582016-06-30T11:35:01.626+01:002016-06-30T11:35:01.626+01:00chchlc2222 chchlc2222
You know there are Republi...chchlc2222 chchlc2222 <br /><br />You know there are Republics in the Commonweath, right? About 30 of them with ZERO 'rule' from Britain.<br /><br />Mrs Windsor is just a titular figurehead, of no power. A United Ireland could easily be a full republic but part of it. <br /><br />Quite an important one at that.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79567584749513131692016-06-30T10:33:34.856+01:002016-06-30T10:33:34.856+01:00The brexit referendum aint going to count for shit...The brexit referendum aint going to count for shit. The political elite are gearing up to wipe their collective arse with English voters just like they do with the rest of us. Practice makes perfect. Scotland aint going nowhere either, SPAIN has already decided on that issue. Game over. The same shower of scoundrels and criminals at Westminster are hell bent on destroying Corbyn before he can larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26776810363480082942016-06-30T07:51:47.455+01:002016-06-30T07:51:47.455+01:00Peter,your constant longing for all of Ireland to ...Peter,your constant longing for all of Ireland to be brought back under British rule to me smacks of your unionist bitterness and as is typical of unionists you long for the past. <br />I see nothing bitter in Larry Hughes comments. But he has a right as an Irishman to be upset at someone telling him he should live under the rule of a state that murdered millions of his countrymen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786762654948230944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64397533323070074542016-06-29T22:55:38.687+01:002016-06-29T22:55:38.687+01:00Larry,
"Scotland's union with the Englis...Larry,<br /><br />"Scotland's union with the English was consensual."<br /><br />Some may disagree with ye there! But seriously, the Scots aren't daft and already know that even if they choose in another referendum to leave the UK, they are at the bottom of the pile when it comes to applying for EU membership. Plenty of other countries in the East ahead of them too so if they Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60981325517997252362016-06-29T13:30:12.152+01:002016-06-29T13:30:12.152+01:00Sean
On the contrary, keep your republican bittern...Sean<br />On the contrary, keep your republican bitterness on show. Your diatribe flows from complete failure and cheers my heart.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10064366777558432942016-06-29T11:27:02.810+01:002016-06-29T11:27:02.810+01:00Steve / Peter
I think the historical difference b...Steve / Peter<br /><br />I think the historical difference between Scotland's relationship with the English and Ireland's is that we were colonised, militarily subjugated for centuries by a superior military force. Scotland's union with the English was consensual. FG would jump at the chance to rejoin the Commonwealth and /or the Union if they could do so in my opinion. The EU was thelarry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37807516231364535762016-06-29T10:54:18.467+01:002016-06-29T10:54:18.467+01:00Sean
You are taking the comments as personal atta...Sean<br /><br />You are taking the comments as personal attack when they were meant as an opinion on political approach in general. The idea that unionists would rush for passports is a 'given' sure they loyaly set up the UVF to fight Westminster when it suited them. As for rants about the past that is just my contention that an SNP has been much more effective and constructive than larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10889221086730887192016-06-29T10:25:44.563+01:002016-06-29T10:25:44.563+01:00Sean Mallory writes
Steve / Larry,
McIlroy’s re...<b> Sean Mallory writes </b><br /><br />Steve / Larry,<br /><br />McIlroy’s religion is unimportant. I couldn’t care less if he danced in the moonlight with headless chickens....as long as they weren’t my chickens! I find him quite conniving and deceitful.....hence ‘the weasel’.<br /><br />I think you’re reading way too much in to the rush for Irish passports....it is about travelling freely AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-72377680272081679162016-06-29T10:18:05.238+01:002016-06-29T10:18:05.238+01:00Steve
Having chided Christy for getting too far a...Steve<br /><br />Having chided Christy for getting too far ahead of himself I don't want to do the same. We have no idea how things are going to work out. Whether a sensible deal can be struck with the EU or not, whether they will offer special terms to the UK or not etc. What is clear is that if the brexit deal is not amicable and things go wrong then Scottish independence looks a cert thingPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11930513311636465792016-06-28T23:05:11.505+01:002016-06-28T23:05:11.505+01:00" In any new dispensation it seems clear to m..." In any new dispensation it seems clear to me as eluded to by Steve and Pete on here, they have also seemed to indicate, if the situation were correct, Irish unity would evolve peacefully"<br /><br />For my part, yes. Can't speak for Pete though.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.com