Sir Ian Paisley resigns

MIN2511 · 04-03-2008 9:07pm #1

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iO1BaZG3L-GpewbEroz_TkrcQBsA

I suspect something is going on, his son only resigned a few weeks ago

Ruu_Old · 04-03-2008 9:10pm

Long nicknamed "Dr. No" for his intransigent refusal to agree a peace deal, Paisley has also come under growing pressure in recent months over his cozy relationship with McGuinness.

Oh la la, sounds saucy.

Sherifu · 04-03-2008 9:11pm

Saucy indeed

seamus · 04-03-2008 9:12pm

No loss. Indirectly responsible for needless thousands of deaths over the last 40 years.

Good riddance.

aidan_walsh · 04-03-2008 9:21pm

Gerry Adams has described Paisley as "cordial".

I wouldn't have imagined he would taste any better no matter how much water you added.

Collie D · 04-03-2008 9:25pm

I don't think he was ever knighted, was he? Something very disturbing about all the pics of him and McGuinness laughing, think I preferred him when he was a miserable old bigot to be honest

The Real B-man · 04-03-2008 9:32pm

wrote:

Long nicknamed "Dr. No" for his intransigent refusal to agree a peace deal, Paisley has also come under growing pressure in recent months over his cozy relationship with McGuinness.
Although the pair have never been seen to shake hands, they are often seen happily together in public, earning them the ironic label of "The Chuckle Brothers."

The Chuckle Brothers lol

randylonghorn · 04-03-2008 9:35pm

MIN2511 wrote: »

I suspect something is going on, his son only resigned a few weeks ago

I suspect he was holding on and grooming the son as heir apparent. As last week's events probably make that unlikely, at least in the short to medium term, he may have decided enough was enough. He's 81, after all, and even he seems to have finally gotten tired of fighting with everyone!

montyballs · 04-03-2008 9:41pm

not before time his party was trying to get rid of him for a while now as the route he was leading his party was not going to well with 70% looking rid of him. anyway i hope he rots in hell......

montyballs · 04-03-2008 9:50pm

his son is like our TDs of old or not so old helping with rezoning of land getting mixed up with bogee builders for some nice fat brown envelopes.

Collie D · 04-03-2008 9:52pm

montyballs wrote: »

his son is like our TDs of old or not so old helping with rezoning of land getting mixed up with bogee builders for some nice fat brown envelopes.

Apart from one thing, he had the dignity to resign

misslt · 04-03-2008 9:54pm

Collie D wrote: »

I don't think he was ever knighted, was he?

He's actually Dr Ian Paisley...

random, pointless contribution for the day.

MIN2511 · 04-03-2008 9:58pm

Knights are Sirs'

Not knighted

Collie D · 04-03-2008 9:58pm

misslt wrote: »

He's actually Dr Ian Paisley...

random, pointless contribution for the day.

His Doctorate is extremely questionable too in fairness...some redneck university as far as I'm aware. Now that I'm at it, you could probably wipe Reverend off the list as well seeing as he had to invent his own church

Collie D · 04-03-2008 9:59pm

MIN2511 wrote: »

Knights are Sirs'

Not knighted

You're the one who used it as your thread title

Genghiz Cohen · 04-03-2008 10:00pm

'Bout time.

Agamemnon · 04-03-2008 10:01pm

seamus wrote: »

No loss. Indirectly responsible for needless thousands of deaths over the last 40 years.

Good riddance.

+1.

I'm amazed the old loon is still alive at 81 - between his size and his decades of ranting, his heart must be under a lot of strain.

misslt · 04-03-2008 10:02pm

Collie D wrote: »

His Doctorate is extremely questionable too in fairness...some redneck university as far as I'm aware. Now that I'm at it, you could probably wipe Reverend off the list as well seeing as he had to invent his own church

So in the space of a few posts we've reduced him from Sir Dr Rev Ian Paisley to the waste of space he really is.

Thats my job done for today

montyballs · 04-03-2008 10:02pm

misslt wrote: »

He's actually Dr Ian Paisley...

he's not even a Dr. he gave him self that title in the 60's the same with the church he set up he gave himself the RIGHT REV. title too.

misslt · 04-03-2008 10:03pm

montyballs wrote: »

misslt wrote: »

He's actually Dr Ian Paisley...

he's not even a Dr. he gave him self that title in the 60's the same with the church he set up he gave himself the RIGHT REV. title too.

Oh, I know, but thats his 'official' title.

Collie D · 04-03-2008 10:03pm

misslt wrote: »

So in the space of a few posts we've reduced him from Sir Dr Rev Ian Paisley to the waste of space he really is.

Thats my job done for today

I'm sure there are plenty of people who'd like to put RIP at the end of his name if he feels that plain old Ian Paisley doesn't fill the letterhead

MIN2511 · 04-03-2008 10:05pm

Collie D wrote: »

You're the one who used it as your thread title

hehehe

I used sir because of his age e.t.c. I refer to him as Sir...

I just googled and he's The Revd and Rt Hon.Ian Paisley MP MLA

apologies, am stupid tonight

misslt · 04-03-2008 10:05pm

Collie D wrote: »

I'm sure there are plenty of people who'd like to put RIP at the end of his name if he feels it doesn't feel that plain old Ian Paisley doesn't fill the letterhead

Meh. He's 81. Now that he doesn't have frantic nationalist hating to fill his days with I'm sure nature will take its course in the not too distant future.

montyballs · 04-03-2008 10:09pm

misslt wrote: »

montyballs wrote: »

Oh, I know, but thats his 'official' title.

don't mind me i just hate that **** so much.

Terry · 04-03-2008 10:09pm

About fúcking time.

A pathetic excuse for a human, if there ever was one.

I don't like many people, but I hate very few.
He would be one of the few.
A closed minded bigot who probably only ever agreed to power sharing because he probably developed senile dementia.

misslt · 04-03-2008 10:09pm

montyballs wrote: »

misslt wrote: »

don't mind me i just hate that **** so much.

Not exactly in love with him myself either.

Kristopherus · 04-03-2008 10:19pm

Terry wrote: »

About fúcking time.

A pathetic excuse for a human, if there ever was one.

I don't like many people, but I hate very few.
He would be one of the few.
A closed minded bigot who probably only ever agreed to power sharing because he probably developed senile dementia.

Absolutley sums that excuse for a human. The biggest ( in every sense of the word) bigot the world has ever known. May his reward in the next world be to rot in hell

guinnessdrinker · 04-03-2008 10:29pm

Not one of big Ian's best moments. Maybe its where Sinead O' Connor drew inspiration from a few years later!

gucci · 04-03-2008 10:30pm

The Real B-man wrote: »

The Chuckle Brothers lol

Long nicknamed "Dr. No" for his intransigent refusal to agree a peace deal, Paisley has also come under growing pressure in recent months over his cozy relationship with McGuinness.
Although the pair have never been seen to shake hands, they are often seen happily together in public, earning them the ironic label of "The Chuckle Brothers."

pah....neither of them have mustaches, they're no chuckle brothers.

Dr/Mr/Fr/Mrs Ian Paisley, yeah whatever, good riddance hes retired, i doubt he'll remain quiet......a big bigot from a province with more than its fair share of them on both sides of the divide

gucci · 04-03-2008 10:44pm

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

Not one of big Ian's best moments. Maybe its where Sinead O' Connor drew inspiration from a few years later!

The people who elected him must be so proud. I always wondered at why unionists and supporters of the British monarchy went for elections to European Parliaments when clearly the entire theory of the unity of Europe pretty much contradicts the power and strength of the monarchy they believe in.....oh well thats a debate for another day and another board for people who care (me not being one of them!)

Sherifu · 04-03-2008 10:57pm

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

Not one of big Ian's best moments. Maybe its where Sinead O' Connor drew inspiration from a few years later!

What an ass.

Oilrig · 04-03-2008 10:58pm

Yis wouldn't be so happy if yis knew what was coming next... :eek:

gucci · 04-03-2008 11:04pm

Oilrig wrote: »

Yis wouldn't be so happy if yis knew what was coming next... :eek:

What..........dont tell me, Star Wars was a bizzare prophecy and hes actually gerry adams father ...........:eek:

ghostdancer · 04-03-2008 11:55pm

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

Not one of big Ian's best moments. Maybe its where Sinead O' Connor drew inspiration from a few years later!

while we're at it, another few nuggets of wisdom from the doctor...

jahalpin · 05-03-2008 12:26am

His wife is a Dame, would that not make him Sir Ian Paisley?

He'll probably be made a Lord upon his retirement.

He did help bring peace to N.I., N.I. will be a more boring place without him

Terry · 05-03-2008 12:35am

jahalpin wrote: »

His wife is a Dame, would that not make him Sir Ian Paisley?

He'll probably be made a Lord upon his retirement.

He did help bring peace to N.I., N.I. will be a more boring place without him

I'm sure the families of the thousands who died thank you for that last comment.

Bob the Builder · 05-03-2008 12:40am

Collie D wrote: »

Apart from one thing, he had the dignity to resign

Yah, unlike his father, his father is just a twat. it's something that I respect him for, but yet I hate him because of his father.

Jay D · 05-03-2008 12:40am

MIN2511 wrote: »

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iO1BaZG3L-GpewbEroz_TkrcQBsA

I suspect something is going on, his son only resigned a few weeks ago

ya think!?

amazingly his son has been appointed in the policing board, which became vacant when someone was appointed from there to his post after resigning, a tribunal?

Ireland - a nation corrupt, with a disgustingly false sense of pride

randylonghorn · 05-03-2008 12:56am

jahalpin wrote: »

His wife is a Dame, would that not make him Sir Ian Paisley?

No.

ScumLord · 05-03-2008 1:00am

I think he'd make a cool soft toy doll. He could have one them pull strings, the first time you pull it he's all Mad and crazy saying no all the time, he could kind of flap about while he's mad. The next time you pull it he's all nice and peaceful.

seamus · 05-03-2008 10:42am

jahalpin wrote: »

He did help bring peace to N.I., N.I. will be a more boring place without him

He drew out the peace process about ten years longer than it needed to be and did nothing but incite hatred between the two communities for 40 years.

"Peaceful" is the last word I would use to describe Ian Paisley. It's no coincidence that now that peace exists, Ian Paisley is no longer comfortable in NI. He's a hatemonger.

Dinter · 05-03-2008 12:28pm

When the IRA were asked about plans to murder him they claimed they wouldn't as he was their best recruiting sergeant. He'd make some bigoted speech and recruits would flood in.

Fcuker made my fists itch.

0ubliette · 05-03-2008 1:52pm

seamus wrote: »

He drew out the peace process about ten years longer than it needed to be and did nothing but incite hatred between the two communities for 40 years.

"Peaceful" is the last word I would use to describe Ian Paisley. It's no coincidence that now that peace exists, Ian Paisley is no longer comfortable in NI. He's a hatemonger.

Damn right. Im sick that allt he papers today are making out like he was some kind of inspirational figure in Irish politics. 'A giant of irish politics' they said in the indo i think it was...a giant alright, a giant prick. When he dies im going to dance a ****ing jig. An ACTUAL jig.

Tigrrrr · 05-03-2008 2:21pm

seamus wrote: »

"Peaceful" is the last word I would use to describe Ian Paisley. It's no coincidence that now that peace exists, Ian Paisley is no longer comfortable in NI. He's a hatemonger.

In fairness, I think that's an incredibly simplistic attitude to take. Paisley is not just one man delivering simply his own opinion, he is someone who delivers the opinion of his constituents in Antrim, and the wider Unionist community in Ulster.
The respect and faith of these voters in the UUP under David Trimble was totally undermined after he (in his own words) "jumped first", and Republicans failed to follow his lead.
Lets be honest here, Ian Paisley, as I'm sure we all remember from the sackcloth and ashes days, really made sure that this was it, that Republicans were genuinely committed to peaceful powersharing and the machinery of state, most notably the police services.

He needed to do that for his constituents, who remain very untrustworthy of both Dublin and Republicanism in general. If he had not, who knows how soon he would have been cast aside for someone like Jim Allister and his ilk, and a further shift to hardcore Unionism.
Pailey had his own selfish motivations for powersharing, but I think that ultimately he did, and does, want to see peace in Ulster. He's a bigot, and in some ways a terrible man, but this peace would not be so prosperous were it not for him, and we would still be stuck in the same deadlock we were in prior to the GFA.

faceman · 05-03-2008 2:24pm

he's no worse than gerry adams imo. I cant stand any of them.
He did appear to park his bigotry in recent years to help the peace process. Only God and history can decide if it was too little too late.

Bogger77 · 05-03-2008 2:29pm

faceman wrote: »

he's no worse than gerry adams imo. I cant stand any of them.
He did appear to park his bigotry in recent years to help the peace process. Only God and history can decide if it was too little too late.

Considering my father had the pleasure of being "encouraged" to leave his home in Larne, due to Paisley and his followers in 1970, I feel nothing but distain for him.

I am pie · 05-03-2008 3:11pm

Bogger - terrible to forced out of your home, although - total result for you ! You would not want to have had to grow up in Larne. Awful place.

Paisley - bigot, ultra conservative nightmare of a man. I dislike him a lot However, it's total foolishness to suggest he was responsible for 3000+ deaths. Incitement is one thing, pulling the trigger is another. There is plenty of guilt to be shared around. On all sides.

phantom_lord · 05-03-2008 3:14pm

i hope he dies in a grease fire.

Agamemnon · 05-03-2008 3:47pm

I am pie wrote: »

Paisley - bigot, ultra conservative nightmare of a man. I dislike him a lot However, it's total foolishness to suggest he was responsible for 3000+ deaths. Incitement is one thing, pulling the trigger is another. There is plenty of guilt to be shared around. On all sides.

No-one here has said Paisley was solely responsible for all the deaths of the last 40 years. He is certainly responsible for encouraging a climate of violence and murder though. Even though he is retiring, I can't see him keeping his mouth shut, the bloated, bigoted old bollocks.

phantom_lord · 05-03-2008 3:54pm

wow. I just saw the indo, I can't believe how they describe him. West brit rag.

Terry · 05-03-2008 7:39pm

How do they describe him?

Sir Ian Paisley resigns

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