RobMc59 wrote: » downcow wrote: » If I am feeling unwell tonight, I can phone my gp at 8.30 in the morning and I will get an appointment same day. If after attending I need medication then she will write a prescription which I will take to my pharmacy and get meds handed to me. Phone call to doc. £0 Consultation with doc £0 Blood tests etc with nurse £0 Charge for prescription £0 Charge for medication. £0 Living in UK. Priceless I’m told it’s different down south You can also travel to the doctors in your car that you may not have to pay road tax on if it's low emissions and return to your house that you haven't had to pay stamp duty on when you purchased it.
downcow wrote: » If I am feeling unwell tonight, I can phone my gp at 8.30 in the morning and I will get an appointment same day. If after attending I need medication then she will write a prescription which I will take to my pharmacy and get meds handed to me. Phone call to doc. £0 Consultation with doc £0 Blood tests etc with nurse £0 Charge for prescription £0 Charge for medication. £0 Living in UK. Priceless I’m told it’s different down south
Avatar MIA wrote: » This fantastic healthcare/medication, the same one which you cannot clarify the benefits of?
Johnny Dogs wrote: » The people in the north voted by a majority to remain within the EU. They look set to be dragged out of it against their wishes. Goose and Gander springs to mind.
jm08 wrote: » They are not though, are they? One in three young people not returning to NI who go to universities in either UK or ROI. Your Irish wife (from border region) doesn't want to return.
RobMc59 wrote: » If the people of NI are happy with the way things are and are content with their lifestyle and position within a powerful western nation,why should they change just because others say so?It doesn't make sense!
FrancieBrady wrote: » Whinging about the money you contributed to the EU, when you knew what membership required you to do, is a bit rich tbh. We knew when we joined that one day we would become net contributors, and we are STILL happy to be a member..overwhelmingly so. Can you think of a few reasons why that might be the case? Perhaps look at the benefits of being in the EU that are fleeing the UK right now, and you might find some answers to that.
RobMc59 wrote: » And those same people want everything their own way but want the EU,UK ,the US or uncle tom cobbley to pay for it.!
downcow wrote: » Who was it said ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ I have many friends south of the border and every one of them express their envy of our lifestyle in the north, in particular our access to healthcare, medication, etc. Every one I know in the north believes the same and even my most ardent republican friends willingly accept we all need to take a financial hit in a UI (some will suggest it will be ok as the UK have a duty to keep supporting in a UI scenario) So the evidence would suggest your stats are skewed. And the irony of people telling us we need Eu or we will be in ruin are the same people saying we should stand on our own two feet when it comes to support from UK. ...and from people living in roi which had billions pumped into it from Eu (much of which was recycled UK money)
downcow wrote: » Who was it said ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ I have many friends south of the border and every one of them express their envy of our lifestyle in the north, in particular our access to healthcare, medication, etc.
None of this is based on reality.
jm08 wrote: » The poorest regions (EU electoral constituencies) in the ROI are those along the Border, but even these regions are better off than Northern Ireland. I'd like everyone to be equally prosperous and have no issue with assisting the people of NI to become responsible for itself.
RobMc59 wrote: » That's fine but your almost "mayesque" unwillingness to listen to anyone else's point of view is your downfall-if there is sufficient demand in NI for a poll then that's ok.
FrancieBrady wrote: » 'Others'? You may need to read the GFA...That 'powerful western nation' along with this nation has stated 'It is for the people of the island of Ireland alone to decide their future'.
downcow wrote: » So tell me again why you would like roi & NI to unify? Seems to me if you believe the stats you have mentioned then you would be out of your mind to want to take responsibility for NI.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Nobody wants to take 'responsibility' for it. You need to get rid of the colony mentality. What we want to do is integrate it into a cohesive all island society and economy, we want Irish people to have the dignity of self determination and self respect as full contributors to that society. I find it amazing how you openly wear the subvention as a badge of honour almost. You hear a lot of people do that.
Sam Russell wrote: » I think that is what would, in effect, happen. The church you refer to - is it in the north or the south?
Perifect wrote: » I don't want the north to join the south or vice versa. I think both states have had and still have major flaws. One erupted into a 30 year war, the other had an over-influence from a church who abused their powers. One should not join the other, a whole new state should be formed.
downcow wrote: » But francie an important starting point for you would be to accept that a majority of the people north of the border don’t share your view and do not regard themselves as Irish (or at least your nationalist view of it). When you remove the British, northern Irish and others then you have a very small number left.
