tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post368715498097439679..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Ed, football and flagsJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-56397634965709355602013-07-01T20:45:48.384+01:002013-07-01T20:45:48.384+01:00The problem with these polls is they are essential...The problem with these polls is they are essentially worded like this do you want things to stay as they are or do you want to take a leap into a big giant unknown. Until the actual realities of how a United Ireland could work are discussed then no-one in their right mind would vote for it in a referendum and this is were the nationalist parties North and South and especially SF have failed however dont make a Robbo mistake and pretend that all these nationalist voters are secretly union Jack waving unionists who will back the Union no matter what they wlll likely vote depending on how things will affect their wallet end of story which could change at any pointboondocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-4082172718963347962013-06-29T21:41:56.569+01:002013-06-29T21:41:56.569+01:00Totally and conveniently forgetting that every sin...Totally and conveniently forgetting that every single poll and academic survey conducted since the 1960s (even in the hey-day of the Unionist one-party government) showed a far bigger proportion of the population in favour of staying in the UK than joining some mythical independent Republic, which has only ever existed in the minds of the gullible.<br /><br />Party voting preferences and constitutional preferences have been diverging in Northern Ireland now for at least 15 years. Do keep up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-89427114118492099252013-06-27T20:34:09.596+01:002013-06-27T20:34:09.596+01:00Mr anonymous is obviously a clown and likes to pic...Mr anonymous is obviously a clown and likes to pick and choose his stats for example only 45 % of those who voted, voted for pro union parties and yes it might not be 45% of the population but elections or referendums for that matter are indeed decided by those who actually vote and I would certainly consider the vote of hundreds of thousands of people as greater evidence than a survey of 1000 people taken on a street with a certain degree of location biasboondocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-44388110892068467282013-06-27T13:40:58.093+01:002013-06-27T13:40:58.093+01:00As a GAA member, I'd be strongly opposed to st...As a GAA member, I'd be strongly opposed to stopping the playing of our anthem or the removal of our National flag. The GAA is unashamedly Nationalist. <br /><br />As for the IFA and GSTQ, I don't care. They can play whatever tune they desire or fly whatever flag they want at Windsor, I couldn't care less. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-18412204324251340792013-06-26T21:24:01.310+01:002013-06-26T21:24:01.310+01:00'According to the most recent Life and Times s...'According to the most recent Life and Times survey, 38% feel more Irish than British, whereas 39% feel more British than Irish. That's very close.'<br /><br />According to the most recent Life and Times Survey, 62% favoured the retention of the Union with the rest of the United Kingdom, and 16% preferred a so-called 'united Ireland'. That's NOT very close.<br /><br />'approx half the voting population here elect parties that are pro nationalist, would that not be evidence?'<br /><br />Approximately 42% of those who actually bother to vote in Northern Ireland vote for parties wishing to end the Union (a figures that hasn't changed in over a decade). That's not 'half the population' and it most certainly ISN'T evidence.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-81817136208877739482013-06-26T19:16:38.525+01:002013-06-26T19:16:38.525+01:00Endgameinulster: I know that the GAA was founded w...Endgameinulster: I know that the GAA was founded with that objective but I'd be for not flying the triclour and not playing the national anthem for two reasons: (i) It would remove one more excuse from unionism for flaunting flags/God Save the Queen; and (ii) even more importantly, take away the fake nationalism prop that sustains so many. A lot of people at GAA games, I think, feel they've done their bit for their country after they've stood to attention and stumbled through the words of the song. I'd like to see such people forced to reassess their 'nationalism'.Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-92189752393514202522013-06-26T19:15:57.286+01:002013-06-26T19:15:57.286+01:00approx half the voting population here elect parti...approx half the voting population here elect parties that are pro nationalist, would that not be evidence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-54231253200931726212013-06-26T10:18:13.818+01:002013-06-26T10:18:13.818+01:00According to the most recent Life and Times survey...According to the most recent <a href="http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/2012/Political_Attitudes/IRBRIT.html" rel="nofollow">Life and Times survey</a>, 38% feel more Irish than British, whereas 39% feel more British than Irish. That's very close.Séamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-38148980524029308072013-06-26T00:00:57.778+01:002013-06-26T00:00:57.778+01:00Agree with everything except flag and anthem at GA...Agree with everything except flag and anthem at GAA games. It is worth noting an important objective of the association.<br /><br />"The Association is a National Organisation which has as its basic aim the strengthening of the National Identity in a 32 County Ireland through the preservation and promotion of Gaelic Games and pastimes."<br /><br /><br />Endgameinulsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-47601976104216602602013-06-25T20:49:30.470+01:002013-06-25T20:49:30.470+01:00'Where half the population sees its loyalty as...'Where half the population sees its loyalty as lying with Britain and half sees its loyalties residing in Ireland..'<br /><br />And your evidence for this 50% with its loyalties towards 'Ireland' is.....erm....where exactly? The evidence certainly doesn't exist in the Census, where only 28% had some sort of 'Irish' identity; it certainly doesn't come from the last two Life and Times surveys, putting support for this all-Ireland Valhalla at a measly 16%. So I ask again: where does it come from except from the minds of rabid separatists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com