Mitchell 'would accept' Commonwealth membership for a united Ireland

RobitTV

Fine Gael's Presidential candidate Gay Mitchell has said he would be "positively disposed" towards Ireland re-entering the Commonwealth, if it was the price for a united Ireland.

He made the remarks during a presidential debate on Today FM radio this evening.

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said Mr Mitchell was accepting that the Queen of England would have precedence over the Irish President.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/mitchell-would-accept-commonwealth-membership-for-a-united-ireland-523976.html#ixzz1aUq1tN20

AnamGlas

Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of having a free Ireland

sgb

A knighthood for Gay Mitchell

Killer Pigeon

Given the history of Fine Gael, and that of their predecessor Cumann na nGaedhael, I wouldn't be surprised. But in honesty, many Commonwealth nations identify as independent republics, such as India or South Africa, and don't bare any allegiance to the British Monarch. Martin McGuinness' remark that re-entering the Commonwealth would mean that the "Queen of England would have precedence over the Irish President" is the sort of uneducated nonsense you'd expect from an "ex"-IRA Sinn Féiner. Saying that I wouldn't be for re-entering the Commonwealth, unless the Commonwealth offered a common-market (like the EU) between Commonwealth member-states.

Wertz

Gay Mitchell has said he would be "positively disposed"

Yup, that's how I see his candidacy going on the 27th too...

Biggins

RobitTV wrote: »

Fine Gael's Presidential candidate Gay Mitchell has said he would be "positively disposed" towards Ireland re-entering the Commonwealth, if it was the price for a united Ireland.

Welcome to 2006 - when he said it then too and ever since!
In fact he's willing to have a British head of state running Ireland again anyway!

For example, see: http://ansionnachfionn.com/2011/08/01/gay-mitchell-right-wing-conservative-christian-and-president-of-ireland/

Gay Mitchell has already suggested that the British head of state should become the head of state of any new all-Ireland nation (i.e. we should cease to be a republic – hardly making him a suitable candidate for the office of the president of that republic) and expressed opinions in the aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty referenda that Irish voters should not be given a say in these matters (i.e. we are too stupid to decide things best left to our masters – very democratic, I’m sure).

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In 2006, he caused a stir with his comment at the annual Michael Collins-Arthur Griffith commemoration in Glasnevin cemetery that the Irish government should consider a role for the British monarch in a new all-Ireland state.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015630/Gay-Mitchell-Controversial-views-lavish-junkets-notorious-gangster-cousin.html#ixzz1YQXF1JwI

billybudd

Politician sells out, whets new?

irishleedsfan

I honestly think he put a bet on himself to get less votes than Dana

FetchTheGin

I really hate Gay Mitchell.

plasmaguy

Well we are part of the IMF Commonwealth at the moment and Christine Legarde takes preceedent over our own President and Taoiseach, so is it really that big of a jump, not that I agree with it.

CAPSLOCK2

Not surprising.

Sooopie

He is a gob****e, I stopped listening to him some time ago, and would recommend you do the same

AnamGlas

It's shit like this that makes Dana look like a realistic candidate...

My name is URL

The poor delusional dope has no idea how irrelevant he is. I'm looking forward to election day just to see his face when he realises how badly he has performed.

IcedOut

In all fairness it won't make a difference what Gay Mitchell says he'll do because he isn't going to be President

Micky Dolenz

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