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mancity2012_eamo said:
Always valued your insights in these discussions more than most.
Any thoughts?
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Were Sinn Fein “up”? Thought they were pretty much the same, but DUP dropped….

Tbh I really can’t see there being much change. Grown so disillusioned with them all.

Delighted for Sorcha Eastwood though…she’ll be leader of the alliance party in the future.

I suppose Starner has a lot of experience and knowledge of NI…might be helpful?!?
 
AlexWilliamsGloves said:
Were Sinn Fein “up”? Thought they were pretty much the same, but DUP dropped….

Tbh I really can’t see there being much change. Grown so disillusioned with them all.

Delighted for Sorcha Eastwood though…she’ll be leader of the alliance party in the future.

I suppose Starner has a lot of experience and knowledge of NI…might be helpful?!?
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“Up?” no you’re correct, they stayed the same.
I guess what I mean is they increased their vote above the DUP. The DUP dropped three
The UUP gained one point. The TUV one and an independent I think.

So not much change I suppose.
What’s the feeling. Is the Assembly working?


Sinn Fein didn’t do well in the local elections down here recently either.
I think there was an increase in government support probably due to people agreeing with their stance on Israel.
 
bluethrunthru said:
Some people are thicker than mince - for anyone who doesn't know Casement Park was named in honour of Roger Casement - a Republican who was executed for his role in the Easter Rising

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I think he was knighted by King George V for his report on Peru or the Congo or both.
Born Protestant but an Irish Nationalist.
 
bluethrunthru said:
Some people are thicker than mince - for anyone who doesn't know Casement Park was named in honour of Roger Casement - a Republican who was executed for his role in the Easter Rising

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You piqued my interest so I googled him to see if my memory was correct.
This bit is interesting.
During World War I, he made efforts to gain German military aid for the 1916 Easter Rising that sought to gain Irish independence.[5] He was arrested, convicted and executed for high treason. He was stripped of his knighthood and other honours. Before the trial, the British government circulated excerpts said to be from his private journals, known as the Black Diaries, which detailed homosexual activities. Given prevailing views and existing laws on homosexuality, this material undermined support for clemency. Debates have continued about these diaries: a handwriting comparison study in 2002 concluded that Casement had written the diaries, but this was still contested by some.[6]
 
dublinblue12 said:
m.independent.ie

Far right from Dublin ‘received heroes’ welcome’ as they spent night drinking with UDA after anti-immigrant protest in Belfast

Members of the Irish far right who travelled from north Dublin to attend an anti-immigration rally at the weekend spent the night drinking with UDA members in a loyalist bar in south Belfast.
m.independent.ie m.independent.ie
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Saw that. F**kin mental.

Im pretty confident that 100% of those with tricolours alongside ulster flags were all from RoI. Not one single nationalist/republican from the north.
 
bluethrunthru said:
Some people are thicker than mince - for anyone who doesn't know Casement Park was named in honour of Roger Casement - a Republican who was executed for his role in the Easter Rising

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My Dad was in stitches at this yesterday. Every day is an Irish history lesson with my old man :D

He showed us a clip of some woman on a radio show claiming St. Patrick was a former protestant as well. Mental gymnastics.
 
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ballbag said:
My Dad was in stitches at this yesterday. Every day is an Irish history lesson with my old man :D

He showed us a clip of some woman on a radio show claiming St. Patrick was a former protestant as well. Mental gymnastics.
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Good old St. Pat may have been a bit early for Protestantism considering Luther only posted his 95 objections to Roman Catholic indulgences in 1517.

I think The cad Henry VIII jumped on board in 1534 or there abouts to set England on its way, because the pope of the time wouldn’t grant him an annulment.
Maybe he wouldn’t pay the going price at the time?
 
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Xhavenjoe said:
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It’s rent a mob.
I came across a video on YouTube that I blocked and can’t find since, from Paul Thorpe, addressing the people of Ireland and making the most cringeworthy plea with like minded people to rise up and join the fight that’s coming.
The worst thing was the amount of gobshites from here supporting the guy.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
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Well there has actually been some trouble on the Falls…which is surprising, but like a portion of the trouble, it was mostly kids ….really disgusting, but still kids.
Of all the areas of Belfast, the west is somewhere you will definitely get kick back.
Probably the likes of or similar to the Divis Hoods….just mad wee bastards who thrive on raising mayhem.
It’s times like these we could learn from the bad old days

#bringbackkneecapping
#sorrynotsorry
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
I think The cad Henry VIII jumped on board in 1534 or there abouts to set England on its way, because the pope of the time wouldn’t grant him an annulment.
Maybe he wouldn’t pay the going price at the time?
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More to do with Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor being Catherines cousin. I'm sure Hank would have stumped up if it was just a question of money.
 
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