Hamlet. wrote: » RIP one of the few great Irishmen who were left. Sadly this island consists of nothing but an American ideology and a British culture. Some of the comments from major media outlets about him this weeks have been nothing short of shameful, vile propaganda and brainwashing of the highest order. The world terrorists throughout history have been the British, let's not mention their involvement in these islands, India or Iran though. They chastise a man for joining the IRA in retaliation for unprovoked attacks from their government. Yet the outrage over the car crash in London this week sums it all up. Countless acts of oppression, greed and ravaging nations yet in their minds they will always be blameless and somehow victims. When you understand the disgusting behaviour of the British down the centuries in every country, not just ours, you'll see the blatant hypocrisy and entitled option that they have of themselves. What happened this week in London is nothing more than the chickens coming home to roost. His involvement and courage down the years means that it is now inevitable that I will see a united Ireland in my lifetime. Thank you Martin.
NIMAN wrote: » Agree with a lot of this, but the guy who did the damage in London this week was born and bred in England.
DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: » The Argies were completely in the wrong of course. The history of the Falklands is very complex but there's one thing which has been known for the past 50 years. The natives are members of a British Overseas Territory and they want to be that way. The last referendum on the islands was something like 99% in favour of remaining with the brits. If the Argiies had just fcuked off at the time many lives wouldn't have been lost.You challenge the British at your peril, they're the Bulldogs and they won't let go! They'll defeat you first and then will fcuk you in the ass. Just to make sure that you will never look sideways at them again Dresden. The Belgrano.
Noddyholder wrote: » They weren't very Bulldogish when China took back Hong Kong , Even though the majority of its people wanted to stay with Britain ,Where was your Navy then ? Rather than face the humiliation of a forcible Chinese takeover During talks with Thatcher, China planned to invade and seize Hong Kong if the negotiations set off unrest in the colony. Thatcher later said that Deng told her bluntly that China could easily take Hong Kong by force, stating that "I could walk in and take the whole lot this afternoon", to which she replied that "there is nothing I could do to stop you, but the eyes of the world would now know what China is like".[12] And with bretix coming up I would be thinking Gibraltar might be getting let go to as Spain is constantly pushing the boundaries there .
dinorebel wrote: » The difference being Kong Kong was a leased colony China had legal title to it.
seachto7 wrote: » Just as well 2 off duty British soldiers didn't take a wrong turn and drive into that funeral cortege.
greenflash wrote: » Nonsense
LordSutch wrote: » Simon Weston CBE of the Welsh Guards is the man you speak of. He suffered 46% burns when the Sir Galahad was struck by an Argentine missile @ Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands.
Stars and Stripes wrote: » I can't remember Fitzgerald, Reynolds, Haughey or Lynch etc having anything near as large a funeral. AND with an ex US President flying in for it. Oh dear the FG/FF boys will be severely miffed
Fratton Fred wrote: » its a shame he wasn't just allowed to step down gracefully from Stormont and his retirement due to ill health had to be turned in to a political circus. It just shows what a despicable party Sinn Feinn really are.
FrancieBrady wrote: » He stepped down 'honourably' in the face of arrogance and a refusal to be accountable. Ignore the repeated cases of DUP arrogance all you want.
Fratton Fred wrote: » yeah, right. There's nothing as gullible as a shinner. He was obviously very very ill and had to step down, but as usual, Sinn Fein turned it into a political stunt.
It caused a backlash from loyalists and members of the party who accused the outspoken feminist of being a 'Lundy,' demanding she leave the party and accusing her of being a 'Marxist'. One Twitter user appeared to threaten the Ballybeen-born loyalist posting, "RIP Sophie long (sic) the traitor".
My name is URL wrote: » PUP press officer forced to resign after expressing condolences towards McGuinness's familyhttp://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/03/24/news/pup-women-resigns-after-criticism-of-her-mcguinness-comments-976115/?ref=yfp Tweet in questionhttps://twitter.com/SophieLong01/status/844073069585072133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishnews.com%2Fnews%2F2017%2F03%2F24%2Fnews%2Fpup-women-resigns-after-criticism-of-her-mcguinness-comments-976115%2F%3Fref%3Dyfp
A Dub in Glasgo wrote: » If McGuinness was well, you clearly think it was wrong for him to resign?
FrancieBrady wrote: » They could have transitioned quite easily to a new leader. But they chose to keep the DUP honest. Funny Fred would be ranting elsewhere if any other party decided to tolerate it. The DUP were not even prepared to stand an involved minister down for a short period.
FrancieBrady wrote: » And the seriousness of McGuinness's illness was well known behind the scenes but that didn't stop the morally upstanding DUP and their 'non' supporters on here exploiting it.
Fratton Fred wrote: » if McGuinness was well, do you think he would have?
A Dub in Glasgo wrote: » Yes Now, you think it was wrong for him to resign if he was well?
Fratton Fred wrote: » chose to keep the DUP honest? And this is the party that puts it support firmly behind Thomas Murphy, the "Good Republican"? Sinn Fein and honesty don't usually go together.
who gives a **** about the DUP? we all know what they are like, they aren't suddenly going to change.
FTA69 wrote: » Definitely. Sinn Fein knew an election at the time of Arlene being exposed for gross corruption/incompetence would have led to a great result for them and bolstered their project whilst causing divisions in Unionism. McGuinness' health had nothing to do with them pulling the plug on Stormont, the only person to blame for that was Foster and the DUP who were being their usual dopey selves.
Fratton Fred wrote: » Of course it did, do you really believe the timing was all a coincidence? Let's face it, he looked really ill when he left Stormont, he should have stepped aside three months ago, but Sinn Fein pushed the scandal as far as possible so they could get maximum mileage out if his retirement.
